453, Lot: 674. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn Khazim. Zubayrid governor, AH 63-73 / AD 682-692. AR Drachm (34mm, 4.05 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. MRW (Merv) mint. Dated AH 66 in Pahlavi (AD 685/6). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; [bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent]; c/m: forepart of senmerv left / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin: SICA 1 335; Walker, Arab-Sasanian 170-2 (examples with different countermarks); Album 19; ICV 16; for c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 11. Toned, crystallized, clipped. VF.