372, Lot: 571. Estimate $100. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Khosrau type. AH 31-41 / AD 651-661. AR Drachm (29mm, 4.02 g, 3h). ART (Ardashir-Khurra) mint. Dated YE 21 = AH 32 (AD 652/3). 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 10 var. (date); Walker, Arab-Sasanian RB. 1 var. (date); Album 4: ICV 2. VF, toned, traces of deposits in devices, light cleaning scratches in obverse margin.