364, Lot: 593. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (34mm, 4.11 g, 5h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Salm ibn Ziyad, governor of Khorasan. GD (Jayy) mint. Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; gm in Pahlavi and bismillah in Arabic in outer margins; pellet above each star-in-crescent; triple pellets to right of lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I 298; Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; Album 18; Wilkes 15. Good VF, toned.