284, Lot: 469. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Zīyad ibn Abī Sufyān. Umayyad governor, AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.04 g, 3h). BYS (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 52 (AD 672). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh – al-rabbī in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 141-2; Album 8. Near EF, toned, very minor scratches.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 28.