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CNG 106, Lot: 925. Estimate $400.
Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.09 g, 3h). Issue of Samura ibn Jundab, governor of al-Basra. DA (Dārābjird) mint. Immobilized date AH 43 (AD 663/4). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent with pellet above / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 244; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 46, M. 26 and Sch. 2; Album 9; ICV 8. Near EF, toned. Very rare.