286, Lot: 462. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Zīyad ibn Abī Sufyān. Umayyad governor, AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.07 g, 3h). DAP (Fasā) mint. Dated frozen year AH 43 (AD 663/4), but struck circa AD 670-673. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh·.· – ·.· in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; · in 3rd quarter of margin. SICA I, 268 var. (no pellet in rev. margin; star and crescent on rev. switched); SCC -; Walker 58-60 var./corr. (no pellet in margin or pellet in 4th quarter; star and crescent on rev. switched/year read as 41); Album 8. VF, toned, light scratches.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 60.