216, Lot: 500. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Anonymous issue. Circa AH 31-45 / AD 651-666. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.80 g, 7h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated YE 20 (AH 30/1 = AD 651/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allah in margin / Fire altar with ribbons, attendants flanking; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint name to right. SICA I 353; Album 18. VF, flan crack running approximately 8mm into flan.

Nearly all of the “Yazdgard types” bear the frozen date of Year 20 (of Yazdgard III, that is, AD 651/2), and are among the earliest Islamic coins.