ISLAMIC, Pre-reform issues. Arab-Sasanian. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Dirham (32mm, 3.85 g, 3h). DA+P (Fasā) mint. Dated 43 YE (immobilized date, but struck circa AH 54/5 [AD 673-675]).Electronic Auction 518 Early Medieval & Islamic, Silver Sold For $ 160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Pre-reform issues. Arab-Sasanian. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Dirham (32mm, 3.85 g, 3h). DA+P (Fasā) mint. Dated 43 YE (immobilized date, but struck circa AH 54/5 [AD 673-675]). Name of caliph before bust. Traces of bismillah in Arabic in outer margin of obverse; pellets above star-in-crescents; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent. Malek, Arab-Byzantine 497; Album 14. Toned, deposits, some scratches. Good VF. |