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Electronic Auction 392  1 March 2017
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Lot 667

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 1900 USD
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.90 g, 10h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class II. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 46(?) in Pahlavi (AD 666/7). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; Allah walla 'awn, bismillah, and rabiin Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; darb al-muharraqin Arabic in outer margin. SICA I, – ; Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; Album 76.2; ICV 71; Baldwin's Islamic Auction 16, lot 10 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, edge chip. Very rare.

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