409, Lot: 777. Estimate $100.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.96 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 48
in Pahlavi (AD 668/9). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right;
bismillah and
rabbi in margin; c/m: forepart of senmurv left / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: SICA I 122-7; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian 25; Album 5; for c/m: Göbl,
Dokumente KM 11A. Good VF, toned.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electroni Auction 245 (1 December 2010), lot 444.
