286, Lot: 451. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Yazdigerd type. AR Drachm (30mm, 2.70 g, 3h). SK (Sīstān/Sijistān) mint. Dated frozen YE 20 (AH 30/1 / AD 651/2), but struck circa AD 652-668. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bism allāh in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, 353-7; Album 1. Good VF, peripheral deposits.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 91.
Generally considered to be the earliest definitive Islamic issue, i.e., with religious legend in Arabic.