176, Lot: 269. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (35mm, 4.13 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. DA (Darabjird) mint; Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan, governor. Immobilized issue dated YE 43; struck circa AH 50-53 (AD 669-672). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; pellets ending each star in crescent; triple pellets flanking lowest crescent; bismillah in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I 241; Album 8. Good VF, find patina.