Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1916. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EARLY ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian. 'Abd Allah bin Umayya. 699-703 AD. 694-697 AD. AR Drachm (4.02 gm, 6h). SK(Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 75 (694/5 AD). Sasanian-style bust right with winged crown, Arabic inscription surrounding; four stars and crescents around bust, in the margin four equally spaced stars and crescents; MY in Pahlevi in upper right field, bismillah in lower right, "the power is Allah's" in lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; date to left, mint to right, both in Pahlevi; four stars and crescents along outer border. Miles, "Two Unpublished Arab-Sasanian Dirhems of 'Abdullah b. Umayyah," ANSMN 14 (1968), 2; Walker, Arab-Sassanian -; SICA 1, p. 33; Album 30. Good VF, toned. Rare. ($500)

Miles notes the numeral is badly blundered and could be read as 75 or 77.