Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Mu'awiya I b. Abi Sufyan. Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (30.1mm, 3.36 g, 4h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated AH 43 (frozen date; struck circa AH 54-55). VF.

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Lot: 749. Estimated: $ 100

Islamic, Silver

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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Mu'awiya I b. Abi Sufyan. Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (30.1mm, 3.36 g, 4h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated AH 43 (frozen date; struck circa AH 54-55). Obverse margin: — / bismillah ∵ / ∵ — / —. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 399-403; SICA 1, 245-6; Album 14. Edge clip, staining on obverse. VF.

This is the first Islamic coin to bear the name of a caliph.

Closing Date and Time: 18 October 2023 at 14:09:20 ET.

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