Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1012
Pre-reform issues
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. al-Zubayr. Rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (24.2mm, 2.68 g, 12h). KLMAN-ANAT (uncertain location in Kirman). Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Obverse margin: - / bismillah BYLWY / - / -. Cf. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 670 (with 'Commander of the Faithful' legend instead of governor's patronymic); SICA 1, -; Album 15. Clipped to the weight of a post-Reform dirham. VF. Rare. Drachms of 'Abdallah b. al-Zubayr which have his patronymic are considerably rarer than those which replace this with his title of 'Commander of the Faithful'.
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