Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1920. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EARLY ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian. 'Amir bin Laqit. 702 AD. AR Drachm (4.12 gm, 12h). KRMAN-NAR (Narmashir in Kirman) mint. Dated AH 83 (702/3 AD). Sasanian-style bust right with winged crown, Pahlevi inscription surrounding; four stars and crescents around bust, in the margin four equally spaced stars and crescents (the lower flanked by \ \); bismillah in lower right, ammara allah in lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; date to left, mint to right, both in Pahlevi, in the margin four equally spaced stars and crescents. Walker, Arab-Sassanian -; SICA 1, p. 34; Album 39. Good VF. Rare associate of the rebel Abd al-Rahman bin Muhammad. ($1000)