Four Issues of the Rival Zubayrid Caliphate

359, Lot: 424. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.01 g, 2h). Arab-Sasanian type. DA + P (Fasa) mint. Dated YE 53 = AH 65 (AD 684/5). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; YE date to left; mint to right; p in Pahlavi to left of altar; pellet to left of upper star-in-crescent. SICA I 270 var. (date); Walker, Arab-Sasanian ANS. 7-8; Album 16. VF, traces of deposits at periphery.