ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Pashiz (Bronze, 19 mm, 1.66 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, SK (Sakestān), date illegible. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE ʾp̄zwt’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘hwslwb’ = ‘Husraw’ (‘Khosrau’ in Pahlavi); in outer margin, ‘bism Allāh - rabbī’ (‘In the name of Allah, my Lord’ in Arabic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, SK (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album -. Cf. Album 5 (silver drachm). Areas of weakness and with some corrosion and scratches, otherwise, very fine.

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