Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1011
Pre-reform issues
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Mu'awiya I b. Abi Sufyan. Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.87 g, 3h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated AH 43 (frozen date; struck circa AH 54-55). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵ / ∵ - / - / GM monogram at 1h in reverse margin. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 403; SICA 1, 245-246 var. (without monogram in reverse margin); Album 14. Cleaned, some porosity in margins. Near EF. This is the first Islamic coin to bear the name of a caliph.
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