359, Lot: 427. Estimate $100.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. al-Muhallab ibn Sufra. Zibayrid governor, circa AH 75-79 / AD 694-698. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. DA (Dārābjird) mint. Dated AH 76
in Pahlavi (AD 695/6). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismillah and
mw in Arabic in outer margins / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and pellet flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I 262 var. (crescent to right of flames); Walker,
Arab-Sasanian 227; Album 31. Good VF, areas of minor roughness.
