182, Lot: 280. Estimate $100. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.15 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. DA (Darabjird) mint; 'Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. Dated AH 49 = AD 668/669. Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; pellets ending each star in crescent; triple pellets flanking lowest crescent; bismillah in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint name to right. SICA I 251; Album 8. Good VF.