359, Lot: 423. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Khosrau type. BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 48 (AD 668/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; rabbi and bismillah in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I 122-7; Walker, Arab-Sasanian 25; Album 5. Good VF, deposits, cleaning scratches in reverse margin.