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Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. Eastern Sistan Series. 'Abd (probably 'Abd al-Rabba b. 'Abdallah, sub-governor in Sistan circa AH 87-88 / AD 706-7). AR Drachm (31.5mm, 3.83g, 7h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 87 / AD 705/6. Obverse margin: - / bismillah / rabbi / -. Reverse margin: - / 'Abd / - / -. Cf Malek 1076 (without 'Abd on reverse). Good VF. Extremely rare.
Ex Morton & Eden (London) auction 210, 15 October 2020, lot 1024.
Misma' b. Malik died in Sistan during AH 86 / AD 705/6, and was replaced by Qutayba b. Muslim. Qutayba did not place his own name on the drachm coinage, retaining that of the long-dead Khusraw instead. However, according to the Tarikh-i Sistan, Qutayba appointed 'Abd al-Rabba b. 'Abdallah as his sub-governor in Sistan, but dismissed him in favour of Nu'man b. 'Awf during the year AH 88. The name of 'Abd is placed in the reverse margin, as befitting his status as a sub-governor.
Ex Morton & Eden (London) auction 210, 15 October 2020, lot 1024.
Misma' b. Malik died in Sistan during AH 86 / AD 705/6, and was replaced by Qutayba b. Muslim. Qutayba did not place his own name on the drachm coinage, retaining that of the long-dead Khusraw instead. However, according to the Tarikh-i Sistan, Qutayba appointed 'Abd al-Rabba b. 'Abdallah as his sub-governor in Sistan, but dismissed him in favour of Nu'man b. 'Awf during the year AH 88. The name of 'Abd is placed in the reverse margin, as befitting his status as a sub-governor.