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Electronic Auction 414  14 Feb 2018
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Lot 622

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 90 USD
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan to Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 41-64 / AD 661-683. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.06 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq. DA (Dārābjird) mint. Dated YE 48 = AH 60 in Pahlavi (AD 679/80). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right, bismillah in margin; pellet surmounting right and left star-in-crescents, triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons, attendants flanking; star and crescent flanking flames;šw or šn flanking altar base. SICA I 249; cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 63, I. 30; Album 12; ICV 11. VF, lightly toned.

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