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284, Lot: 486. Estimate $100.
Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

al-Hajjāj ibn Yūsuf. Umayyad governor, AH 75-95 / AD 694-713. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.56 g, 3h). BYS (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 79 (AD 698/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh lā ilāh illā allāh – wahdahu muhammad rasūl – allāh in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 222; Album 35.1. VF, toned. Scarce.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 26.