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Lot 1392    SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 24TH NOV)    Islamic Coins

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $280

ARAB-SASANIAN COINAGE, Khusro type, in the name of Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, (AH c.54-64, AD 673-683), silver drachm, (31mm), (4.10 g), DA (Darabjird) mint, date AH 52, obv. crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allh in margin, rev. fire altar flanked by attendants, crescent and star flanking flames, (Album 12, cf.SACA 1, 253-5 [year 51], Walker p.64 [P.4], Wilkes ICC 11). Good very fine, scarce.

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, bought from Colonial Rare Coins, 18 December 1995 list 22 (item 716).

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