216, Lot: 502. Estimate $100. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.88 g, 2h). MRW (Marw) mint. Salm ibn Ziyad, governor. Dated AH 64 (AD 683/4). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bism allah and two groups of three pellets in margin / Fire altar with ribbons, attendants flanking; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint to right. SICA I 334; Album 18. VF, toned.