376, Lot: 656. Estimate $100.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan or Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya . AH 41-64 / AD 661-683. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.05 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq. DA (Dãrãbjird) mint. Dated YE 48= AH 60
in Pahlavi (AD 679/80). Crowned Sassanian style bust right;
bismillah in Arabic; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right;
šw or
šn in Pahlavi flanking altar base. SICA I 249; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album 12; ICV 11. Good VF, areas of toning in devices.
