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334, Lot: 479. Estimate $150.
Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian coinage. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Umayyad Caliph, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (30.5mm, 4/09 g, 9h). 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. SICA 1, 273 var. (Pahlavi “P” to left of altar); Album 32. Near EF, toned.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 68.