Islamic - Early Pre-Reform，ARAB-ARMENIAN: Anonymous, early 700s, AR zuzun (2.76g), NM, stylized year "6", A-M97, in the name of the Sasanian king Hormizd IV, with the full Shahada filling the obverse margin after the phrase bism Allah, and with the denomination ZWZWN, Aramaic for "drachm", instead of a mint name on the standard position on the reverse, excellent strike for this type, XF, RRRR. There are three genuine examples of this type with the full Shahada posted on Zeno, #96964 with the additional phrase "rabbi Allah" added on the reverse margin (sold in M&E Auction 48, Lot 1), #153562 with "rabbi Allah" instead of ZWZWN at the mint location on the reverse, and #314067, without "rabbi Allah" (sold in our Auction 46, lot 173). The full Shahada was introduced on the Arab-Sasanian coinage during the governorship of al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf (694-713), whence it seems likely that this type could not have been introduced before 694, replaced shortly afterwards by the type that replaced the name Hormizd with Muhammad (A-E97) and the Arabic word "waf" in the obverse margin, introduced circa 700. The prototype was the relatively common Sasanian-Armenian type in the name of Hormizd, usually with year "6" and the phrase ZWZWN in lieu of a mint name (e.g., Zeno-17577).
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