Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Electronic Auction 487 10 Mar 2021
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan or Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AR Drachm (35mm, 3.92 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq. BCRA (al-Basra) mint. Dated AH 61 in Pahlavi (AD 676/7). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; bismillah in Arabic; four pellets to right of lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 181-5; Album 12; ICV 11. Encrustation, edge chip. VF.