282, Lot: 394. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Arab-Sasanian coinage. 'Ubayd Allāh ibn Ziyād. Governor, AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.07 g, 3h). DA (Dārābgerd) mint. Dated YE 45 (AH 56/7 / AD 676/7). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh.·. - .·. in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, 247 var. (“GM” in rev. margin at 1 o’clock); SSC 40; Album 12. Near EF, lightly toned, minor scratches.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 44.