409, Lot: 779. Estimate $100.
Sold for $170. 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 (33mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Arab-Sasanian type. Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class III. SK (Sijistan) mint. Blundered AH date
in Pahlavi (but struck circa AH 70/AD 690). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
dwm in Pahlavi,
bismillah and
rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I –; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album 75; cf. ICV 71 (for type). Good VF, light deposits.
