176, Lot: 274. Estimate $150. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.07 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. KRMAN-AN (Kirman) mint. Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; caliphal title in legend; bismillah and “bprwy” in Pahlavi in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. Cf. SICA I 313; Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 31; Album 16. EF.