295, Lot: 591. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian coinage. Yazdigerd type with bism allāh. Circa 652-668. AR Drachm (3034mm, 3.83 g, 4h). 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. VF, deposits.
Generally considered to be the earliest definitive Islamic issue, i.e. with religious formula in Arabic.