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Lot # 300
Persia. Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86. Pashiz, 'Daray' type, AH 71-91 (AD 690-710). Obv. Draped bust wearing a flame nimbus around the head; to left, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); to right, DARAY in Pahlawi. Rev. ABAD (or AZAD) BYŠPHR ('May Bishapur be prosperous' in Pahlawi) Gopatshah standing right, wearing the crown of Khosrau II; before, six-pointed star and the Pahlawi letter p. Album 44; Gyselen 7. R. VF.