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369, Lot: 582. Estimate $400.
Sold for $525. 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 (32mm, 4.05 g, 3h). Issue of Samura ibn Jundab, governor of al-Basra. DAP (Fasa) mint. Immobilized date AH 43 (AD 663/4). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent with pellet above / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 46, M. 26 and Sch. 2; Album 9; ICV 8. VF, lightly toned, trace of encrustation on obverse. Very rare.