ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Yazdigerd type. AH 31-41 / AD 651-661. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.92 g, 3h). SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated YE 20 in Pahlavi (AD 651/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I 353-7; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, 3-10; Album 1; ICV 1. VF, toned, deposits.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.37 g, 9h). SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 48 in Pahlavi (AD 668/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I 358; cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 8, T.1; Album 5; ICV 2. VF.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (19mm, 3.49 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine Seated Emperor type (Type II). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Emperor enthroned facing, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus cruciger; to left, bird above T; Λ/Є/O to right / Large m; cross above; below, pseudo-Ω with central pellet; X/X/II to left, A/И/O to right; ΔAM in exergue. Cf. SICA I 577 (for type); cf. DOCAB 57 (same); cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine 4-5 (same); Album 3511.1. VF, earthen dark green patina. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (20mm, 5.08 g, 6h). Imperial standing figure type (Type VI). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; T to left; Λ/Є/O to right / Large M; monogram above; star below; jaza hada to left; dimashq to right; wafiya in exergue (current this Damascus full weight) in Arabic. Cf. SICA 1, 564-5 (for type); DOCAB –; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine, 12-16 (for type); Album 3517.2. Good VF, earthen green patina.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.60 g, 3h). Issue of 'Abd Allah ibn Umayya, Marwanid governor of Khurasan. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 75 in Pahlavi (AD 694/5). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; my in Pahlavi and bismillah and al-'izza lillahin Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I, p. 33; G. Miles, Two Unpublished Arab-Sasanian Dirhems of 'Abdullah b. Umayyah," ANSMN 14 (1968), 1; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 30; ICV –. VF, toned, small areas of deposits, slightly ragged flan. Very rare."
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.60 g, 3h). Issue of 'Abd Allah ibn Umayya, Marwanid governor of Khurasan. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 77 in Pahlavi (AD 696/7). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; my in Pahlavi and bismillah and al-'izza lillahin Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I, p. 33; cf. G. Miles, Two Unpublished Arab-Sasanian Dirhems of 'Abdullah b. Umayyah," ANSMN 14 (1968), 2; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 30; ICV –. VF, toned, some roughness along edge. Very rare."
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Pashiz (17mm, 1.55 g, 12h). Arab-Sasanian type. Zaranj mint. Struck circa AH 72-95 (AD 691-715). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; uncertain Pahlavi inscription to left, GDH monogram in Pahlavi to right / zaranj in Arabic; below nywkyh/'pzwn in Pahlavi. SICA I –; Geyselen Type 50; cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 170; Album 49. VF, brown surfaces, a little rough. Rare.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (23mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine Standing Caliph type. Ilya (Jerusalem) mint. Caliph standing facing / Large m, star above; lyain Arabic to left, filistin in Arabic to right, ilya to right; initial i in Arabic in exergue. Goodwin Type 3; cf. SICA I 730-1 (for type); cf. DOCAB 92 (same); ; Walker, Arab-Byzantine 73-82; ; Album 3545; ICV 136. VF, earthen dark green patina, a few traces of hard green.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (21mm, 2.84 g, 1h). Standing Caliph type. Tanukh mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, holding hilt of sword / Modified cross potent set on steps; bi-tanukh in Arabic upward to left, wāf in Arabic downward to right. SICA I, 656; DOCAB 129; Walker, Arab-Byzantine –; Album 3531. Near VF, earthen dark green patina, areas of flat strike.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.37 g, 9h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class II. SK (Sijistan) mint. Uncertain date. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; dwm in Pahlavi and bismillah rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 75; ICV 71. VF, toned, porous, ragged flan.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.78 g, 9h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class III. SK (Sijistan) mint. Uncertain date. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 77A; ICV 71. VF, toned, traces of deposited silver on reverse.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Atiya ibn al-Aswad. Kharijite (Azarqite) governor in Kirman, circa AH 70-77 / AD 689-697. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.44 g, 9h). GRN-KRM mint. Dated AH 70 in Pahlavi (AD 689/90). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah wali al-amr in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 28; ICV 29. VF, encrusted, cleaning scratches. Rare.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. al-Mu'tasim. AH 218-227 / AD 833-842. AR Dirham (27mm, 2.89 g, 11h). al-Muhammadiya (Rey) mint. Dated AH 221 (AD 836/7). Album 226; ICV 398. Near EF, toned, areas of weak strike, traces of deposits.
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ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Uncertain. temp. 'Abd al-Wahab. Circa AH 130-180 / AD 750-800. Æ Fals (18mm, 3.62 g, 11h). Tahirt (Tiaret) mint. mimma amara/bihi 'abd/al-wahab in Arabic in three lines / zarb/hada al-fals/bi-tahirt in Arabic in three lines . Hervera 1088, lot 4333. VF, brown and green surfaces, some porosity. Rare.
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ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Uncertain. temp. Rashid ibn Hakim(?). Circa AH 130-180 / AD 750-800. Æ Fals (16mm, 3.15 g, 4h). Walila mint. Muhammad/rasul/Allah in Arabic in three lines; upturned crescent below / zarb/hada al-fals/bi-walila in Arabic in three lines. Cf. CNG 99, lot 957 (for an example attributed to Rashid ibn Hakim[?]); otherwise, unpublished. VF, rough brown and green surfaces, worn at high points.
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ISLAMIC, Caucasus (Pre-Seljuq). Volga-Bulgarians. Anonymous. AR Dirham (26mm, 1.94 g, 10h). Citing Samanid Nasr ibn Ahmad. "al-Sash" mint. Dated AH "294" (AD 906/7). Album Q1481; ICV 1549. Near VF, toned, wavy flan, holed for suspension, hole now plugged with encrustation.
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