428, Lot: 526. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (4.20 g, 4h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of 'Abd Allāh ibn 'Amir, governor of Busra (fl. 79-80 / AD 698-699). DAP (Fasā) mint. Dated AH 43 (AD 663/4), but struck AH 44-47 (AD 664-668). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 238; Walker, Arab-Sasanian 198; Album 21; ICV 5. VF, toned, deposits.