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Auction: 20125 - Spink Numismatic Circular 5 - Part 1 - Oriental Coins
Lot: 2325

(x) Arab Sasanian, al- Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (AH75-95 / 694-713), Drachm, 3.86g, BYS (Bishapur), AH80, Sasanian style bust imitating Khusru II right, governor's name in Kufic script before face, lillah al-hamd in margin, rev. fire altar with attendants (cf. SICA I 226; Album 35.3), about very fine

Provenance
From the Nomos Brasiliana Collection
CNG eAuction 176, 14 November 2007, lot 280 - $215


The Caliph 'Abd al-Malik named al-Hajjaj as Viceroy of the East, where he put down many revolts

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Starting price
£80