404, Lot: 630. Estimate $150.
Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (34mm, 4.00 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra, governor (
fl. 79-80 / AD 698-699). SK mint. Dated AH 79(?)
in Pahlavi (AD 698/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismillah and
rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 369; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian, p. 110, Th. 14; Album 37; ICV 50. Good VF, areas of light toning, traces of deposits.
