392, Lot: 668. Estimate $100.
Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.04 g, 12h). Arab-Sasanian type. DA + P (Fasa) mint. Dated YE 53
in Pahlavi = AH 65 (AD 684/5). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames;
p in Pahlavi to left of upper star-in-crescent. Album 16; ICV 13. Good VF, traces of deposits at edges.
