387, Lot: 546. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan or Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 41-64 / AD 661-683. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.05 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq. BCRA (al-Basra) mint. Dated AH 56 in Pahlavi (AD 675/6). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; bismillah in Arabic; three pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I 49-51; Album 12; ICV 11. EF, lightly toned, hint of deposits.