Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1684. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARAB-SASANIAN. Jibal. Governor Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. 674-683 AD. AR Drachm (3.89 gm). GD (Jayy) mint. Dated AH 62 (681/2 AD). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; Arabic marginal legend / Fire altar flanked by attendants; date and mint. SIC Ashmolean 295; Walker, Arab-Sassanian 104; Album 12. Toned EF. ($150)

From the Bellaria Collection.