Stephen Album Rare Coins

Auction 35  –  12 - 15 September 2019

Stephen Album Rare Coins, Auction 35

Ancient, Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and World Coins, Literature

Part 1: Th, 12.09.2019, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Fr, 13.09.2019, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Sa, 14.09.2019, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Description

ARAB-HUNNIC: "Gorigo Shah", ca. 687-688, AR drachm (3.73g), Anbir (near Juzjan), AH68, A-90, SICA-1:7 (same dies). G-275, standard Sasanian design, with the ruler's name zolooo gozogano "the Zolo of Juzjan" before the bust, tamgha in ObQ1, bism Allah in ObQ2, and Pahlavi GDH apzwt in ObQ3 // Pahlavi ombiro in RvQ8 (the city name), GDH in RvQ7, apzwt in RvQ6, and Pahlavi gorigo rooeo in RvQ5, the mint name in Arabic left of the left attendant, the date in Pahlavi right of the right attendant (HShTShS); bold strike, EF, RR. Struck by one of the pro-Arab Hunnic groups, during the time of the Umayyad caliph 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan (AH65-86).

Estimate: USD 1400 - 1600

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Price realized 1'500 USD
Starting price 1'100 USD
Estimate 1'400 USD
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