414, Lot: 629. Estimate $100.
Sold for $110. 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 (32.5mm, 3.91 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class III. SK (Sijistan) mint. Blundered AH date
in Pahlavi (but struck circa AH 80/AD 699/700). 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 77A; ICV 71. VF, minor edge split, die rust.
