176, Lot: 277. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Marwan I ibn Hakam. AH 64-65 / AD 684-685. AR Drachm. Arab-Sasanian type. KRMAN (Kirman) mint; Umar ibn Ubayd Allah, governor. Dated AH 65 (AD 684/5). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; pellets flanking lowest crescent; triple pellets, line, and bismillah in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I 311; Walker, Arab-Sassanian 202; cf. Album 21. Good VF, toned, small test mark in obverse margin.