395, Lot: 403. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.09 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of ‘Umar ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh, governor. BYŠ (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 70 (AD 689/90). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; ·lillāh al-hamd:: in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 175-80; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, 198-201; Album 21; ICV 24. Near EF, minor porosity on edge of obverse.