Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 14
Arab-Byzantine, Arab-Sasanian and other Pre-Reform issues
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. temp. Qatari b. al-Fuja'a. AH 69-79 / AD 688-698. AR Drachm (27.1mm, 3.04 g, 9h). ART (Ardashir Khurra) mint. Dated AH 76 (AD 695/6). Obverse margin: - / bismillah • / la hukm illa lillah / - / Before bust, in place of governor's name: LWYTW DATWBR / BLA YYZTW ('There is no justice except from God'). Malek, Arab-Sasanian, p. 102 = Morton & Eden 54 (23 April 2012), lot 16 (same obverse die); SICA I -; Album 34. Some porosity in margin below bust (obverse) and in third quadrant (reverse) . Good VF. Extremely rare. Instead of a personal name, this issue carries a Middle Persian translation of the Arabic slogan in the obverse margin
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