288, Lot: 623. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Arab-Sasanian coinage. Zīyad ibn Abī Sufyān. Umayyad governor, AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.68 g, 3h). DA (Dārābjird) mint. Dated frozen year 43 (AD 663/4), but struck circa AD 670-673. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh·.· – ·.· in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; · in 3rd quarter of margin. SICA I, 268; Album 8. Good VF, toned.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 40.