Pre-reform issues, Eastern Sistan. Anonymous. Circa AH 80s-130s / AD 700s-750s. AR Drachm (30.7mm, 3.91 g, 5h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 87 (AD 705/6). Near EF.

Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Lot: 9. Estimated: $ 500

Pre-reform issues, Silver

Sold For $ 300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

Pre-reform issues, Eastern Sistan. Anonymous. Circa AH 80s-130s / AD 700s-750s. AR Drachm (30.7mm, 3.91 g, 5h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 87 (AD 705/6). Obverse margin: — / bismillah / rabbi / — / Reverse margin: — / ‘Abd / — / —. Cf. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1076 (without ‘Abd in reverse margin); cf. CNG Islamic Auction 1 (25 May 2022), lot 52. Near EF. Rare.

It has been suggested that ‘Abd in the reverse margin refers to ‘Abd al-Rabba b. ‘Abdallah, sub-governor in Sistan under Qutayba b. Muslim. Qutayba did not place his own name on the drachm coinage, but it is recorded that he appointed ‘Abd al-Rabba b. ‘Abdallah as his sub-governor in Sistan in AH 87 before dismissing him in favour of Nu‘man b. ‘Awf during the year AH 88. The name of 'Abd is placed in the reverse margin rather than on the obverse, as befitting his status as a sub-governor. Drachms with the addition of ‘Abd are also known dated AH 88 (Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1077)

The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 19 October 2023.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.