411, Lot: 525. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. 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 (30mm, 3.33 g, 3h). In the name and types of Yazdgird III. SK (Sakastan) mint. Immobilized date of YE 20 (in Pahlavi) = AH 31 (AD 652/3). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism Allah in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 353-7; cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, 3-6 (examples with countermarks); Album 1; ICV 1. VF, toned, double strike on reverse.

From the Norman Frank Collection.