Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1793. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EARLY ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian, Kirman. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, rival caliph. 680-692 AD. AR Drachm (4.08 g, 9h). KRMAN-SR(?) mint. Dated AH 68 (687/8 AD). "Abdullah amir al-muminin" in Pahlavi, Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right, GDH (monogram) above APZWTY in Pahlavi behind bust; bismillah and BPRWYAN in Pahlavi in margin / Year 68 in Pahlavi to left, KRMAN-SR (sic) to right, fire altar flanked by attendants. Cf. SICA 329; Walker, Arab-Sassanian -; MWI -; Album 16. EF. ($300)