355, Lot: 777. Estimate $150.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (34mm, 3.98 g, 3h). Issue of 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abdallah, governor of Iraq. BYŠ (Bishāpūr) mint. Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Crowned Sassanian style bust right;
bismillah and
Muhammad rasul Allah in Arabic in outer margins / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I 155; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian, p. 97, Sch. 5 var. (date); Album 20. EF, toned, hairline flan crack. Rare.
The first Islamic coin to bear the legend Muhammad rasul Allah.
