182, Lot: 279. Estimate $150. Sold for $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Khosrau type. AH 31-41 / AD 651-661. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.03 g, 4h). Arab-Sasanian type. BYS (Bishapur) mint. Dated YE 25 = AH 36 (AD 656). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; bismillah in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint name to right. SICA I 110 var. (no pellet after bismillah); Album 4. Good VF, minor deposits, a few cleaning marks.