Islamic Coins
Lot 4806 Session 17 (11.30am Friday) Islamic Coins
Estimate $120
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SOLD $220
ARAB-SASSANIAN PROTOTYPE ISSUE, Khusru II (A.D. 590 - 627), silver drachm or dirhem, (4.13 g), Darabgird mint, dated year 25? (A.D. 611), with word "praise - good coin" in outer margin, (cf.Walker alpha [p.2] Plate I, alpha; cf.M.21; Sellwood type 62; Gobl 214). Golden blue tone, extremely fine and scarce.
Ex Decades Collection and Noble Numismatics Sale 76 (lot 3457) and previously from the William B. Porter USA, Collection.
The typical Sassanian bust of this coin became the standard bust type of Islamic drachms with governor's names. This type with the additional word in the outer frame also becomes the model adopted by the Umaiyad Governors using this Sassanian coinage model for these issues.
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