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417, Lot: 510. Estimate $75.
Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Umar ibn 'Ubayd Allah ibn Mi'mar. Zubayrid governor, AH 67-73 / AD 686-692. AR Drachm (27mm, 2.26 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Humran ibn Aban, Zubayrid governor at Ardaxšīr-xvarrah. ART (Ardaxšīr-xvarrah) mint. Dated AH 70 in Pahlavi (AD 689). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; lillah al-hamd in Arabic [and four pellets, and pellet and crescent] in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; pellets before date and mint; additional one after mint. SICA I 26; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 99, Cam. 9 and B. 34; Album 21; ICV 24. VF, toned, some porosity on reverse.