448, Lot: 585. Estimate $150.
Sold for $100. 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 703-704. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.91 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 84 (AD 703). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bismillah and
rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I, p. 34; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album C40; ICV 57; Album 24, lot 138 (same obv. die). Reverse weakly struck. EF.
