284, Lot: 471. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Ziyād. Umayyad governor, AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.05 g, 3h). BBA (military camp) mint. Dated AH 62 (AD 681/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh(pellett-in-annulet) – :: in margin; c/m: Pahlavi vrhr’n / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 46; Album 12; for c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 35. Good VF, obverse and reverse die deterioration, long test scratch on reverse.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 12. Ex Peus 363 (26 April 2000), lot 5611.