ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.16 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 56 in blundered Pahlavi (AD 675/6).

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Early Medieval & Islamic, Silver

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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.16 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 56 in blundered Pahlavi (AD 675/6). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah and rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Malek, Arab-Sasanian –; Album 12; ICV 11. Lightly toned. EF.


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