395, Lot: 400. Estimate $100.
Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.72 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan. DA (Dārābgird) mint. Dated YE 43
in Pahlavi (Struck circa AH 50-53 [AD 670-673]). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1 239-42; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian 58; Album 8; ICV 7. VF, deposits.
