Keystone Auction 10
Date: 2023-02-15 00:00:00
Lots: 512
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Keystone Auction 10 . 1
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Yazdigerd III. AR Drachm (32.8mm, 4.06 g, 8h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated YE 20 = AH 31 (AD 651/2). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 948-9; SICA 1, 353-357; Album 1. VF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (26.8mm, 2.59 g, 3h). GD (Jayy) mint. Dated YE 35 = AH 46 (AD 666/7). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 554; SICA 1, -; Album 4. Clipped, some deposit on reverse. VF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (33.2mm, 3.94 g, 9h). NAL (Narmashir) mint. Dated YE 20 = AH 31 (AD 651/2). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 906; SICA 1, -; Album 4. Some double-striking. Near VF. Rare.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (27.7mm, 2.85 g, 3h). ŠY (Shiraz) mint. Dated YE 30 = AH 41 (AD 661/2). Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1240 (same obverse die); SICA 1, -; Album 4. Clipped (to the weight of a post-Reform dirham); graffiti to right of altar on reverse. VF. Rare.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (27.5mm, 2.86 g, 9h). AYL (possibly Eran-Khurra-Shapur in Khuzistan). Dated 25 YE = AH 36 (AD 656/7). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / rabbi / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 123A; SICA 1, -; Album 5. Clipped down to the weight of a post-reform dirham. Good Fine. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Keystone Auction 10 . 6
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.92 g, 3h). SK (Sistan) mint. Blundered date (possibly struck circa AH 70 / AD 690). Obverse margin: dwm / bismillah / rabbi / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 962; SICA 1, -; Album 75. Minor spotting. Near EF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (31.1mm, 3.72 g, 3h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 94 (AD 712/3). Obverse margin: -/ bismillah / rabbi ● / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian –; SICA 1, –; Album 77; cf. Stephen Album Rare Coins 29 (14 September 2017), lot 80 ('appears to be unpublished'). EF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Keystone Auction 10 . 8
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (31.2mm, 4.05 g, 8h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 48 (AD 668/9). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / rabbi / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 975; SICA 1, 358ff; Album 5. Good VF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (28.3mm, 3.12 g, 3h). BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 47 (AD 667/8). Obverse margin: bismillah - al-malik. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 258; SICA 1, 116; Album C6. Peripheral staining. Good VF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. 'Amir. Circa AH 41-45 / AD 661-664. AR Drachm (29.9mm, 3.63 g, 12h). BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 44 (AD 664/5). Name legend arranged normally. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 252; SICA 1, 113; Album 6. Pierced. VF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. 'Amir. Circa AH 41-45 / AD 661-664. AR Drachm (27.6mm, 2.77 g, 2h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated AH 43 (AD 663/4). Two-line name legend with patronymic. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 382; SICA 1, 238; Album 6. Clipped to the weight of a post-Reform Umayyad dirham. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Keystone Auction 10 . 12
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. 'Amir. Circa AH 41-45 / AD 661-664. AR Drachm (27.4mm, 2.81 g, 2h). DP (Fasa) mint. Dated AH 43 (AD 663/4). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∴ / ∴ / -; governor's name 'Abdallah (without patronymic) / Reverse margin: pellet at 8h. Malek, Arab-Sasanian ; SICA 1, -; Album 7. Clipped, minor marks, slight porosity above bust. VF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan. AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (30.9mm, 3.13 g, 3h). BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 52 (AD 672). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / rabbi / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 298; SICA 1, 141-2; Album 8. With Greek graffito 'μδνχ' sic in first quadrant of obverse margin. Good VF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan. AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (29.4mm, 4.09 g, 2h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated YE 43 = AH 55 (AD 674/5). Pellet above second letter of mint-signature. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 392; cf. SICA 1, 239-242; Album 8. Minor staining. Near EF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan. AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (28.1mm, 2.70 g, 3h). MY (Maysan) mint. Dated AH 53 (AD 672/3). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / rabbi / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 899; SICA 1, p.15, note 59; Album 8. Clipped. Good Fine.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Keystone Auction 10 . 16
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abd al-Rahman b. Zayd. Circa AH 52-54 / AD 672-674. AR Drachm (25.8mm, 2.61 g, 4h). NAL (Narmashir) mint. Dated AH 52 (AD 672). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 913A; SICA 1, 342; Album 10. Evenly clipped, small edge crimp. Near VF, toned. Rare.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Ubaydallah b. Ziyad. AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Dirham (31.9mm, 3.77 g, 6h). BCLA (Basra) mint. Dated AH 60 (AD 679/80). Malek, Arab-Sasanian 175; SICA 1, 66ff; Album 12. EF.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Ubaydallah b. Ziyad. AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. Æ Pashiz (21.1mm, 2.50 g, 10h). ST (Istakhr) mint. Date not clear. Gyselen 18a. Cleaned and retoning. Fine.
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Mu'awiya I b. Abi Sufyan. Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (29.5mm, 3.68 g, 3h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated YE 43 = AH 54 (AD 673/4). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∴ / ∴ / - / Reverse margin: GM monogram at 11h. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 399-402; cf. SICA 1, ;245-6 (without monogram on reverse); Album 14. Lightly clipped, some deposit. VF. Arab-Sasanian drachms of Mu'awiya are the first Islamic coins to bear the name of a caliph.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Keystone Auction 10 . 20
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. al-Zubayr. Rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.14 g, 3h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated YE 57 = AH 69 (AD 688/9). Malek, Arab-Sasanian 443; SICA 1, 258; Album 16. Minor staining. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Keystone Auction 10 . 21
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. al-Zubayr. Rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.14 g, 3h). DA+P (Fasa) mint. Dated YE 60 = AH 72 (AD 691/2). Malek, Arab-Sasanian 503-4; Album 16. Minor staining. Choice EF.