284, Lot: 466. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Zīyad ibn Abī Sufyān. Umayyad governor, AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.67 g, 3h). AHM (Hamadhān) mint. Dated AH 52 (AD 672). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh – rabbī in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, -; SCC -; Walker p. 45, ETN 9; Album 8. Good VF, toned, uncertain graffiti in 3rd quarter of reverse margin.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 2.