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284, Lot: 464. Estimate $100.
Sold for $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Khusro type with bism allāh al-rabbī. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.05 g, 4h). BYS (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 48 (AD 668/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh – al-rabbī in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 122; Album 5. Good VF, toned, some horn silver and deposits.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 20.

This anonymous type is thought to be an issue of the governor Zīyad ibn Abī Sufyān (see lots XX below).