Watch List notes:

Arab-Sasanian, 'Ubaydallah b. Abi Bakra, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 79h, obv., in margin: Pahlawi pl (?) – bismillah – 'Ubaydallah lillah, 3.96g (SICA 1, 368 var; cf Morton & Eden auction 64, 5 June 2013, lot 657), slight central weakness, good very fine and cleaned, very rare. Most of 'Ubaydallah b. Abi Bakra's drachms have the conventional legend bismillah – rabbi in the obverse margin (see the following lot). This variety, which carries his name in Arabic, is a much rarer type. (£500-600)