456, Lot: 578. Estimate $100.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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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). DA (Dārābjird) 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 –; Album 6; ICV 5. Toned, slightly creased. VF.
Ex Album 15 (18 January 2013), lot 82.
