344, Lot: 553. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.27 g, 3h). DA (Dārābjird) mint. Struck by Ziyad bin Abi Sufyan, circa AH 50-53 (AD 670-673). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismallāh in margin; triple pellets flanking lowesr star-in-crescent / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, 239 (date rerad as 43); Walker,
Arab-Sasanian 58 (date read as 41); Album 8. VF, natural patina, clipped.