176, Lot: 270. Estimate $100. Sold for $241. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.93 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. BCRA (Basra) mint; Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor. Dated AH 60 (AD 679/80). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; bismillah and four pellets in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I 72; Album 12. Superb EF.