282, Lot: 399. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Arab-Sasanian coinage. 'Abd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.15 g, 3h). DA (Dārābgerd) mint. Dated YE 60 (AH 71/2 / AD 691/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh .·. - .·. in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, -; SCC 75 var. (pellet in rev. margin at 11 o’clock); Walker p. 35, Th. 6 var. (same); Album 16. Near EF, deposits.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 65.