Arab-Sasanian, Salm b. Ziyad, drachm, MRW (Marw) 65h, obv., in margin: bismillah Allahu – Akbar, rev., in first quadrant of margin: ombiro, 3.26g (Gaube p.29, 2.2.3.4.19), part of edge broken away, two Hephthalite countermarks in first and fourth quadrants of obverse margin, very fine and extremely rare. This is the earliest Islamic coin to bear the famous slogan Allahu Akbar.
(800-1200 GBP)