Sole Issue Naming Mu'awiya I

286, Lot: 474. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. Umayyad Caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.13 g, 3h). DA (Dārābjird) mint. Dated frozen year AH 43 (AD 663/4). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh·.· – ·.· in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames, · in 1st quarter of margin. SICA I, -; SCC -; Walker p. 26, B.3 corr. (date read as 41; same obv. die); Album 14. Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 42.

The first issue to carry the name of a caliph and the only type citing Mu'awiya I.