Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1722. Estimate $200.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.
Sold For $425. 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 (3.18 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type, imitating Khosrau II. DP (Fasa) mint; Abdallah ibn Amir, governor. Dated AH 43 (AD 663/4). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right;
\ on breast; “Abdallah ibn Amir” in Pahlavi in two lines to right; triple pellets flanking lower star and crescent; “bismillah” in lower right outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants, star and crescent flanking flames; AH date to left, mint to right; pellet below left star-in-crescent. SICA 1, p. 16; Walker,
Arab-Sassanian p. 48, M. 27 (Darabjird); Album 9. VF, toned. Very rare mint.
