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401, Lot: 586. Estimate $100.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.91 g, 6h). Issue of ‘Umar ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh, Zubayrid 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. EF, lightly toned, light scratches on obverse, a few deposits on edge of reverse.


Ex Album 15 (18 January 2013), lot 91.