334, Lot: 478. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian coinage. 'Abd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.91 g, 4h). ST (Stakhr) mint. Dated AH 66 (AD 685/6). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bism allāh:: in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 376; Album 16. VF, deeply toned, flan crack.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 100.