417, Lot: 514. Estimate $300.
Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Umara ibn Tamim. Viceregal Governor of Sijistan, AH 84-85 / AD . AR Drachm (33mm, 3.98 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 85
in Pahlavi (AD 704). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; double border, star-in-crescents in margin;
bismillah and
rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; triple border, star-in-crescents in margin. SICA I, p. 34; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album C40; ICV 57; CNG 102, lot 1261. VF, traces of deposits. Extremely rare.
