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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton X, Lot: 902. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. 
Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. al-Qatari ibn al-Fuja'a. Kharijite rebel, AH 69-79 / AD 688-698. AR Drachm (4.12 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type, imitating Khosrau II. DA (Darabgird) mint. Dated AH 76 (AD 695/6). “Splendor may he increase”• in Pahlavi in two lines to left, “Qatari commander of the Faithful” in Pahlavi in two lines to right, Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; \ on breast; pellet above star in crest; “there is no judgment but Allah’s” (in Arabic)• in lower right outer margin / AH to left, mint to right, fire altar with ribbons and attendants; crescent and star flanking flames. SICA 1, p. 30; Walker, Arab-Sassanian 220 var. (AH date); cf. Album 33. Good VF. Rare.