344, Lot: 552. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.01 g, 3h). BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 50 (AD 670/1). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right,
bismillah and
rabbi in margin / Fire altar with ribbons, attendants flanking; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 133-4; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian 33; Album 5. VF, toned.