376, Lot: 657. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.75 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of ‘Umar ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh, Zubayrid governor. ART (Ardashīr Khurra) mint. Dated AH 70 (AD 689/90). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; ·lillāh al-hamd:: in margin; to left of lowest star-in-crescent, pellet-in-crescent left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent and pellets flanking flames. Cf. SICA 1, 25-9 (for type); cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian p. 99, Cam. 9 (same); Album 21; ICV 24. VF, toned, striking fractures in obverse margins, traces of silver deposits in reverse margins, slightly wavy flan.