176, Lot: 271. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.88 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. BCRA (Basra) mint; Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor. Dated AH 61 (AD 680/1). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; bismillah and four pellets in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I 84; Album 12. Good VF.