Islamic Coins
Lot 3783 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday 23 July) Islamic Coins
Estimate $100
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SOLD $150
ARAB-SASSANIAN PROTOTYPE ISSUE, Khusru II (A.D. 590 - 627), silver drachm or dirhem, (4.06 grams), Darabgird mint, dated year 31 (A.D. 621), with word "praise" in outer margin, (cf.Walker alpha [p.2] Plate I, alpha; cf.M.21; Sellwood type 62; Gobl 214). As struck, good extremely fine and very scarce.
Ex R. Climpson Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 85 (lot 3353). The typical Sassanian bust of this coin became the standard bust type of Islamic drachms with governor's names. This type with the additional word in the outer frame also became the model adopted by the Umaiyad Governors using this Sassanian coinage model for these issues.
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