334, Lot: 476. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian coinage. Zīyad ibn Abī Sufyān. Umayyad governor, AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.76 g, 10h). MY (Mēšān) mint. Dated AH 51 (AD 671/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bism allāh in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, –; Album 8. Near VF, toned, clipped.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 76.