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286, Lot: 460. Estimate $150.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Zīyad ibn Abī Sufyān. Umayyad governor, AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.14 g, 3h). DA (Dārābjird) mint. Dated frozen year AH 43 (AD 663/4), but struck circa AD 670-673. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh·.· – ·.· in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, 239; Album 8. Good VF, toned, slight bend to flan, light scrapes on reverse.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 64.