304, Lot: 501. Estimate $150.
Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp.
Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān. Governor of Baṣra, AH 45-50 / AD 665/6-670/1. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.20 g, 2h). Arab-Sasanian type, Khusro type with
bism Allāh rabbī. SK (Sīstān/Sijistān) mint. Dated AH 48 (immobilized). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bism allāh – rabbī in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, 358; Album 5. Good VF.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 94.
