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176, Lot: 284. Estimate $150.
Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Atiya ibn al-Aswad. Kharijite rebel, AH 71-76 / AD 690-696. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.09 g, 11h). Arab-Sasanian type. KRMAN (Kirman) mint. Dated AH 74 (AD 693/4). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; bismillah and “wali al-amr” in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I -; Walker, Arab-Sassanian p. 11, Th. 15; Album 28. Good VF. Rare.