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284, Lot: 472. Estimate $200.
Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Ziyād. Umayyad governor, AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.04 g, 9h). BCRA (Basra) mint. Dated AH 56 (AD 675/6). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; [bism] allāh.·. in margin; c/m’s: forepart of sēnmurw right, forepart of sēnmurw right above Pahlavi b(?) and ΦPOPO in Baktrian / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 49-51; Album 12; for c/m’s: Göbl, Dokumente KM 3, KM 10, and KM 59. Near EF, toned.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 30.