284, Lot: 482. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘Umar ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh. Zubayrid governor, AH 67-72 / AD 686-691. AR Drachm (34mm, 4.00 g, 3h). BYS (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 70 (AD 689/90). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; lillāh al-hamd:: in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 174; Album 21. Good VF, toned.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 21.

Differing from the usual bism allāh in the obverse margin, the legend on the drachms of ‘Umar b. ‘Unbayd Allāh reads “Praise be to God.”