CNG 103, Lot: 982. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. AR Drachm (34mm, 4.00 g, 11h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class III. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 89 in Pahlavi (AD 707/8). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah and rabbi in Arabic in outer margin; 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; barda(?) in Arabic in outer margin. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; cf. Album 78 (for type); cf. ICV 712 (same); CNG 102, lot 1263. VF, toned, spots of ferrous encrustation on obverse, light porosity.