Islamic Coins
Lot 3849 Session 14 (11:30am Thursday 28th July) Islamic Coins
Estimate $100
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SOLD $150
ARAB SASANIAN, Umayyad Caliphate, 'Abd al-Malik Abd Allah, (AH 65-86 = AD 685-705), silver drachm (29mm, 2.91 g), Issue of 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abdallah, governor of Iraq, BYS (Bishapur) mint, Dated AH 66 (AD 685/6). obv. crowned Sasanian style bust right; bismillah and Muhammad rasul Allah in Arabic in outer margins, rev. fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right, (Album 20, Wilkes 22, SICA I 151-4; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 97, Sch. 5 var. (date). Has been heavily mounted (probably from a headress), porous, clipped, very good/fair and rare.
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