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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.
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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 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.
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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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.
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.
