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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf. AH 75-95 / AD 694-713. AR Drachm (31.4mm, 3.40 g, 3h). YZ (Yazd) mint. Dated AH 81 (AD 700/1). VF.
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CNG Islamic Auction 3
Live bidding began Apr 27, 2023 at 1:00 PM BST
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf. AH 75-95 / AD 694-713. AR Drachm (31.4mm, 3.40 g, 3h). YZ (Yazd) mint. Dated AH 81 (AD 700/1). Obverse margin: — / • bismillah / MNSWL / — / Governor’s name in Arabic. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1321; SICA 1, 493 (same dies); Album 35.2. Smoothed in reverse margin between 8h and 10h. VF. Rare.
The Pahlawi word in the third quadrant of the obverse margin is the name Mansur. It is now generally accepted that this is a personal name rather than a title meaning ‘victorious’.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 3 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 27 April 2023.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% 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 stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
The Pahlawi word in the third quadrant of the obverse margin is the name Mansur. It is now generally accepted that this is a personal name rather than a title meaning ‘victorious’.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 3 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 27 April 2023.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% 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 stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
