102, Lot: 136. Estimate $100. Sold for $78. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARAB-SASANIAN. 'Abd Allah bin al-Zubayr. Rival caliph. 680-692 AD. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.09 gm). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated YE 57 (688/9 AD). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; Arabic marginal legend / Fire altar flanked by attendants; date and mint. SIC Ashmolean 258; Walker,
Arab-Sassanian pg.34, 45; Album 16. Good VF.