182, Lot: 284. Estimate $100. Sold for $121. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.10 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. BCRA (Basra) mint; Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor. Dated AH 63 = AD 682. Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; bismillah and three pellets in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint name to right. SICA I 99; Album 12. VF, some find deposits.