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Electronic Auction 395  12 April 2017
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Lot 402

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 140 USD
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.69 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. DA (Dārābgird) mint. Dated YE 59 in Pahlavi = AH 70 (AD 689/90). 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; pellet to left of upper star-in-crescent. SICA 1 259; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 16; ICV 13. VF, traces of die rust on obverse, light scratches or graffiti on reverse.

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