Islamic Coins
Lot 1399 SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 24TH NOV) Islamic Coins
Estimate $100
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SOLD $70
ARAB-SASANIAN COINAGE, 'Abd al-Malik Abd Allah, (AH 65-86 = AD 685-705), silver drachm (29mm, 2.91 g), Issue of 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abdallah, governor of Iraq, BYS (Bishapur) mint, dated AH 66 (AD 685/6). obv. crowned Sasanian style bust right; bismillah and Muhammad rasul Allah in Arabic in outer margins, rev. fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right, (Album 20 [RR], SICA I 151-4; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 97, Sch. 5 var. [date], Wilkes ICV 22). Has been heavily mounted (probably from a headress), porous, clipped, very good/fair and rare.
Ex Dr. L.J. Sherwin Collection, acquired from Noble Numismatics Sale 112 (lot 3849).
These drachms of this ruler are the first to carry the inscription 'Muhammad rasul Allah'.
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