Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1792. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EARLY ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian, Southern Iraq I. Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. 674-683 AD. AR Drachm (3.88 g, 3h). BCRA (Basra) mint. Dated AH 56 (675/6 AD). "Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad" in Pahlavi, Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right, GDH (monogram) above APZWTY in Pahlavi behind bust; bismillah and \ in margin; c/ms: forepart of winged animal right and crowned bust facing slightly left / Year 56 in Pahlavi to left, BCRA in Pahlavi to right, fire altar flanked by attendants. For coin type: SICA 49; Walker, Arab-Sassanian 77; MWI -: Album 12; for c/ms: Göbl, Dokumente KM 3 and KM 58. Coin VF, toned, attractive strike; c/ms good VF. ($500)