★ A fascinating transitional type ★

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AH 99-101 / AD 717-720. Pashiz (Bronze, 18 mm, 2.73 g), citing Udayy ibn Arta', governor of al-Basra under the caliph 'Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, al-Basra, AH 100 = AD 718/9. Sasanian style bust to right; before head, ABZWN (unknown word in Pahlawi). Rev. 'Amara 'Udayy bi-Jawâz al-Mi'a' ('Order of 'Udayy, for the time of 100' in Kufic). Gyselen 99. Of the highest rarity, the second known example. Heavily corroded, otherwise, about very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s.

This coin is a fascinating transitional type with a portrait on the obverse and a strictly epigraphic reverse.