201, Lot: 446. Estimate $100.
Sold for $235. 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 (32mm, 3.80 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. MRWRWT (Marw al-Rudh) mint. Date AH 63 = AD 682/3. Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right;
bismallah in margin / Fire altar with ribbons, attendants flanking; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I 339 var. (no pellets in margin); Album 18. Good VF, light deposits.
