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CNG Islamic Auction 1
Live bidding began May 25, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT
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Umayyad Caliphate. temp. ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Anonymous Kharijite issue. AR Drachm (30.8mm, 3.95g, 12h). ART (Ardashir Khurra) mint. Dated AH 75 / AD 694/5. Obverse margin: - / bismillah / la hukm illa lillah / -. Before bust, in place of governor’s name: LWYTW DATWBR / BLA YYZTW (‘There is no justice except from God’); pellet in field behind right shoulder. Malek 92. Cleaned. Near EF. Extremely rare.
Instead of a personal name, this issue carries a Middle Persian translation of the Arabic slogan in the obverse margin. It has been suggested that this short-lived issue was produced by the adherents of Qatari b, al-Fuja‘a before he added his own name to the coinage later in this year.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 1 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 25 May 2022, beginning at 10:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and the stable previous version of Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.
Instead of a personal name, this issue carries a Middle Persian translation of the Arabic slogan in the obverse margin. It has been suggested that this short-lived issue was produced by the adherents of Qatari b, al-Fuja‘a before he added his own name to the coinage later in this year.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 1 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 25 May 2022, beginning at 10:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and the stable previous version of Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.