441, Lot: 532. Estimate $100.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (30mm, 4.05 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra, governor (
fl. 79-80 / AD 698-699). SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 79
in Pahlavi (AD 698/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismillah and
rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 369; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian, p. 110, Th. 14; Album 37; ICV 50. Near EF, lightly toned, weak strike at periphery of obverse.
