413, Lot: 509. Estimate $100.
Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn Khazim. Zubayrid governor, AH 63-73 / AD 682-692. AR Drachm (34mm, 4.05 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. MRW (Merv) mint. Dated AH 66 in
Pahlavi (AD 685/6). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1 335; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian 170-2 (examples countermarked; Album 19; ICV 16. VF, lightly toned, some deposits, minor die rust.
