182, Lot: 281. Estimate $100. Sold for $121. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.87 g, 12h). Arab-Sasanian type. BCRA (Basra) mint; Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor. Dated AH 59 = AD 678/679. Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; bismillah between single pellet and four pellets in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint name to right. SICA I 58; Album 12. Good VF, scratches.