414, Lot: 628. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. 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 (32mm, 3.89 g, 6h). Arab-Sasanian type. Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class III. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 70
in Pahlavi (AD 689/90). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; in outer margin
bismillah and
rabbi in Arabic, each followed by triple pellets, and trace of
nwyk (=
good) in Pahlavi / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; in outer margin, each star-in-crescent with additional pellet. SICA I –; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album 78; ICV 71. VF, trace of deposits, minor crystallized surfaces.