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182, Lot: 286. Estimate $100.
Sold for $116. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.94 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. BYS (Bishapur) mint; al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra, governor. Dated AH 75 = AD 694. Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; bismillah, four pellets, and MW in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint name to right. SICA I 200; Album 31. Good VF, some find deposits.