392, Lot: 667. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.90 g, 10h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class II. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 46(?)
in Pahlavi (AD 666/7). Crowned Sassanian style bust right;
Allah walla ‘awn,
bismillah, and
rabiin Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames;
darb al-muharraqin Arabic in outer margin. SICA I, – ; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album 76.2; ICV 71; Baldwin’s Islamic Auction 16, lot 10 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, edge chip. Very rare.
