Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 32  –  7 - 10 December 2024

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 32

Ancient, Medieval and Modern Coins, including the Collections of Hendrik Hort...

Part 1: Sa, 07.12.2024, from 12:00 PM CET
Part 2: Su, 08.12.2024, from 12:00 PM CET
Part 3: Mo, 09.12.2024, from 12:00 PM CET
Part 4: Tu, 10.12.2024, from 12:00 PM CET
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Description

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 3.71 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmir (circa AH 41-45 / AD 661-664), 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, ‘ʾp̄dwlʾ / Y ʾmwlʾn’ (‘ʿAbd Allah son of ʿAmir’ in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, ‘bism Allāh’ (‘In the name of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Zoroastrian 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 6. Struck from slightly worn dies and with a minor corrosion spot on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From an important collection of Arab-Sasanian coins.

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Starting price 25 CHF
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