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Imitation of Salm ibn Ziyad (circa 682 - 692 AD)
AR Drachm
Mint: 'AY'
Regnal year: PYE 37 (?) = 688 AD
32 x 31 mm.
3.51 gm.
Album A91 type; Gobl Hunnen -; Walker -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=24 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Countermark with tamgha and Bactrian (?) legend at 7h [see: CNG 60, lots 1093-1096 (this coin is lot 1094).] E0; B0.
Reverse: Stylized AY to right; blundered date HPTSSh (?) [year 37 ?] to left. Right-handed attendants. Small test scrape in 2nd quadrant.