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Electronic Auction 348  8 April 2015
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Lot 733

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 360 USD
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya to Marwan I ibn Hakam. AH 60-65 / AD 680-685. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.58 g, 3h). SK (Sakastan) mint; Talha ibn 'Abdallah, governor. Dated AH 64 (AD 683/4). Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; pellets flanking wings; name of Talha ibn 'Abdallah in Pahlavi to right; pellet below left star-in-crescent; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent; talha lillah in lower right outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants, star and crescent flanking flames; AH date to left, mint to right. SICA 1, –; cf. Walker, Arab-Sassanian 191 and Th. 11 (for type); Album 26. Near VF, toned. Rare.

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