Earliest Islamic Issue with Religious Legend in Arabic
282, Lot: 390. Estimate $150. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Arab-Sasanian coinage. Yazdigerd type. Circa 652-668. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.90 g, 9h). SK (Sīstān/Sijistān) mint. Dated frozen YE 20 (AH 30/1 / AD 651/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bism allāh in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, 353-7; Album 1. Near EF, lightly toned, a few faint scratches and minor metal flaws.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 89.
Generally considered to be the earliest definitive Islamic issue, i.e. with religious formula in Arabic.