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284, Lot: 470. Estimate $150.
Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Zīyad ibn Abī Sufyān. Umayyad governor, AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (34mm, 4.10 g, 3h). BCRA (Basra) mint. Posthumous issue, dated AH 55 (AD 674/5). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh – rabbī allāh in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, -; SCC -; Walker -; Album 8. VF, toned. Rare.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 29.

Album (p. 24) notes: “A rare posthumous issue of al-Basra (BCRA) dated AH 55 is more likely a contemporary imitation of the late 50s/670s or 60s/680s.”