90, Lot: 160. Estimate $100. Sold for $93. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARAB-SASANIAN. Southern Iraq I. Governor Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. 674-683 AD. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.65 gm). BCRA (Basra) 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 87; Walker, Arab-Sassanian 87; Album 12. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Bellaria Collection.