334, Lot: 477. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian coinage. 'Ubayd Allāh ibn Ziyād. Umayyad governor, AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.91 g, 23h). SK (Sīstān/Sijistān) mint. Dated AH 56 (AD 675/6). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh - rabbi in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 365 var. (marginal legend); Album 12. VF, toned, roughness, short flan crack.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 96.