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286, Lot: 452. Estimate $150.
Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Yazdigerd type. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.06 g, 7h). 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, toned, encrustation on reverse.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 83.

Generally considered to be the earliest definitive Islamic issue, i.e., with religious legend in Arabic.