274, Lot: 472. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. 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, 3.78 g, 9h). Struck by ‘Abd Allah ibn Umayya, Governor of Sijistan, circa AH 74-77 (AD 694-697). Sijistan mint. Dated AH 75 (AD 694/5). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; in margin, bism allah al-’izza lillah and Pahlavi letter mim / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date and mint to left and right. SICA 1 -; Album 30; Stuart Sears, “A Pahlavi Imitation of the Experimental and Reformed Coinage of the Umayyads”, AJN 1, pl. 11, 7. Good VF. Very rare.