Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 31  –  7 - 8 September 2024

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 31

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Medieval and World Coins

Part 1: Sa, 07.09.2024, from 12:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Su, 08.09.2024, from 12:00 PM CEST
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Description

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 32 mm, 3.86 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, DA (Darabgird), AH 43 = AD 663/4. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt'’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘mʾʾwyʾ ʾmyl / Y wlwyšnykʾn’ = ‘Māʾāwyā amīr ī wurrōyišnīgān’ (‘Muʿawiya, Commander of the Believers’ in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, ‘bism Allāh’ (‘In the name of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, DA (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 14. Rare. Slightly crystallized and with some horn silver, otherwise, extremely fine.

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Starting price 25 CHF
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