399, Lot: 630. Estimate $100.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.62 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. DA + G (Jahrum) mint. Dated YE 54
in Pahlavi = AH 66 (AD 685/6). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames;
g in Pahlavi to right of altar. SICA 1 264; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian, 42 var. (
g in Pahlavi to left); Album 16; ICV 13. VF, toned.
