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176, Lot: 280. Estimate $200.
Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.86 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. BYS (Bishapur) mint; al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, governor. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; pellets ending each star in crescent; triple pellets flanking lowest crescent; “lillah al-hamd” in margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. Cf. SICA I 226; Album 35.3. Fine.