A rare Umayyad drachm
Lot 3397
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 4.00 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, DA (Darabgird), AH 43 = 663/4. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt'’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘mʾʾwyʾ ʾmyl / Y wlwyšnykʾn’ = ‘Māʾāwyā amīr ī wurrōyišnīgān’ (‘Muʿawiya, Commander of the Believers’ in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, ‘bism Allāh’ (‘In the name of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, crescent and star; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, DA (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 14. Rare. Some nicks, otherwise, good very fine.

From a West German collection, ex Peus 372, 30 Oktober 2002, 1432.
Starting price:
50 CHF
Hammer price:
750 CHF
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Closing time: 15-Jul-24, 20:19:00 CEST
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