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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     73001089      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Islamic Region:     PRE-REFORM COINAGE City:     Arab-Sasanian Issuer:     Arab Ephthalite Date Ruled:     ARAB-SASANIAN, Bishapur Metal:     Bronze Date Struck:     after 699 Diameter:     18 mm Weight:     0.60 g Die Axis:     7 h Obverse Description:     Crowned facing Sasanian style bust; “hc’cywsp’n” in blundered Pahlavi Reverse Description:     Horse advancing right Primary Reference:     Gyselen Type 62 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=91573 Grade:     VF, brown patina. Notes:     Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1089 Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf was an important administrator during the Umayyad Caliphate.Appointed Governor of Iraq in 691, he replaced the administrative language of the area from Pahlavi to Arabic during his governorship. Renowned for the apparent severity of his rule and his crushing of a local Khwarij uprising, he was appointed in 699 as governor of of several districts in Persia with the goal of suppressing rebellions in those areas. Included in his control was the important Sasanian city of Bishapur, at which time this coin was struck

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