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Electronic Auction 364  2 December 2015
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Lot 588

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 95 USD
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.34 g, 3h). Khosrau type. Struck under Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan as governor of al-Basra. YZ (Yazd) mint. Dated AH 49 (AD 668/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; rabbi andbismillah in Arabic in outer margin; c/m: Hunnic tamgha in incuse / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. Cf. SICA I 482 (for type, but without c/m); Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; Album 5; fo c/m: Göbl, Dokumente, KM 62. VF, toned.

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