ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.20 g, 4h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of 'Abd Allāh ibn 'Amir, governor of Busra (fl. AH 41-47 / AD 661-668). BYŠ (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 47 in Pahlavi

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Lot: 638. Estimated: $ 100

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 (33mm, 4.20 g, 4h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of 'Abd Allāh ibn 'Amir, governor of Busra (fl. AH 41-47 / AD 661-668). BYŠ (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 47 in Pahlavi (AD 667/8). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 114 var. (two pellets in rev. margin); Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; Album 6; ICV 5. Toned. Near EF.

Ex Album 30 (18 January 2018), lot 58; Hans Mondorf Collection (Album 28, 18 May 2017), lot 194.


Closing Date and Time: 18 December 2019 at 13:32:20 ET.

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