201, Lot: 445. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Salm ibn Ziyad. Circa AH 61-65 / AD 680-684. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.86 g, 10h). Arab-Sasanian type. HRA (Harat mint). Date AH 67 = AD 686/7. Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right;
bismallah and triple pellets in margin / Fire altar with ribbons, attendants flanking; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; in margin, star to left of upper cresent. SICA I 307 var. (without extension of marginal legend, no crescent above shoulder); Album 18. VF, deposits.