Lot 6
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian copper issues. Æ Pashiz (20.3mm, 0.64 g, 10h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 76 (AD 695/6). Fine.
Sold
$600
Est.
$1,000
Starting Bid: $600
Live Auction
Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Live bidding began Oct 19, 2023 at 2:00 PM BST
Description
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian copper issues. Æ Pashiz (20.3mm, 0.64 g, 10h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 76 (AD 695/6). Sasanian bust with al-Hajjaj / ibn Yusuf in two lines before; shahada arranged radially in margin / Fire-altar with attendants, duriba sanat / sitt wa saba‘in to right and left; uncertain legend in margin. Gyselen —; Malek, Arab-Sasanian —; Album A37 var. (without date). Rough surfaces, scratch on reverse. Fine. Excessively rare, .

On this remarkable pashiz, the mint and date are engraved in Arabic rather than Pahlawi. The only silver drachms of al-Hajjaj to bear an Arabic date legend were also struck in the year AH 76, issued at the mint of al-Mada’in.

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