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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (32.3mm, 4.03 g, 10h). APN mint (uncertain location). Dated year 35 (uncertain era). Good VF.
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Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Live bidding began Oct 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM BST
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (32.3mm, 4.03 g, 10h). APN (or ST?) mint. Dated year 35 (uncertain era). Obverse margin: — / bismillah / — / —. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1164 (ST mint); SICA 1, —; Album 4. A few scraches in fields. Good VF. Rare.
The mint-signature on this coin appears to read APN; this might be a variation of APL (probably Abarshahr), a blundered version of SLCN, or represent a completely different mint-name. Malek records a similar drachm with the mint-signature APL, bearing a date read as YE 32 (Malek, Arab-Sasanian 28), and also lists a drachm of ST dated YE 35 (no. 1164). No Khusraw II drachms from SLCN are known. The coin is of quite coarse style, and may possibly be a contemporary imitation.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 19 October 2023.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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The mint-signature on this coin appears to read APN; this might be a variation of APL (probably Abarshahr), a blundered version of SLCN, or represent a completely different mint-name. Malek records a similar drachm with the mint-signature APL, bearing a date read as YE 32 (Malek, Arab-Sasanian 28), and also lists a drachm of ST dated YE 35 (no. 1164). No Khusraw II drachms from SLCN are known. The coin is of quite coarse style, and may possibly be a contemporary imitation.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 19 October 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.
