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369, Lot: 581. Estimate $100.
Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Khosrau type. WYHC (Weh-az-Amid-Kavad) mint. Dated YE 34 (?) = AH 45 (AD 664/5). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian M. 11 (ascribed to NIH [Nihavand]); Album 4: ICV 2. Near VF, toned, clipped.