Earliest Islamic Issue with Religious Legend in Arabic

295, Lot: 100. Estimate $100. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian coinage. Yazdigerd type with bism allāh. Circa 652-668. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.61 g, 9h). SK (Sīstān/Sijistān) mint. Dated frozen YE 20 (AH 30/1 / AD 651/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 353; Album 1. Good VF.

Generally considered to be the earliest definitive Islamic issue, i.e. with religious formula in Arabic.