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286, Lot: 492. Estimate $100.
Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Umayyad Caliph, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.17 g, 3h). DA P (Fasā) mint. Dated YE 60 (AH 71/2 / AD 691/2). 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, 273 var. (Pahlavi “P” to left rather than right of altar); SCC 76 var. (same); Walker p. 28, C.3 var. (same); Album 32. Good VF, uneven tone.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 63.