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Electronic Auction 491

Lot nuber 585

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq. BCRA (al-Basra) mint. Dated AH 61 in Pahlavi (AD 676/7).


Electronic Auction 491
Lot: 585.
 Estimated: $ 200

Early Medieval & Islamic, Silver

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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq. BCRA (al-Basra) mint. Dated AH 61 in Pahlavi (AD 676/7). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; bismillah in Arabic; four pellets to right of lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 181-5; Album 12; ICV 11. Near EF.

From the Todd Hansen Collection, purchased from Victor England.

Yazd I was the son of Mu'awiya, the second caliph of the Umayyads, and the sixth caliph overall. This coin was struck by his governor of Basra and Kufa, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. Ubayd Allah was responsible for the organization and nominal command of the Umayyad army that fought against the forces of Hussein ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala. The battle occurred on 10 Muharram 61 AH (9 or 10 October 680 AD), during the year in which this coin was minted.

Closing Date and Time: 5 May 2021 at 13:14:40 ET.

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