415, Lot: 648. Estimate $150. Sold for $147. 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 (30mm, 3.28 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Abd al-Rahmān ibn Muhammad. Umayyad governor, fl. AH 80-84. SK (Sīstān/Sijistān) mint. Dated AH 80
in Pahlavi (AD 699/700). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismllāh and three pellets in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbon and crowned bust right in flames, flanked by two attendants. Album 38A; ICV 52. Near VF, bright surfaces, traces of deposits.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 390 (1 February 2017), lot 631.