367, Lot: 626. Estimate $250.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.60 g, 3h). Issue of ‘Abd Allah ibn Umayya, Marwanid governor of Khurasan. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 77
in Pahlavi (AD 696/7). Crowned Sassanian style bust right;
my in Pahlavi and
bismillah and
al-’izza lillahin Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I, p. 33; cf. G. Miles, "Two Unpublished Arab-Sasanian Dirhems of 'Abdullah b. Umayyah," ANSMN 14 (1968), 2; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 30; ICV –. VF, toned, some deposits and roughness along edge. Very rare.
