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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3006958, member: 82322&quot;]Wow, great Eastern Sistan [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] !&nbsp; I have not seen many of those.</p><p><br /></p><p>I greatly envoy your countermarked Ziyad, [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] .&nbsp; I think Ziyad is the most interesting of the folks who struck these.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin issued by Ziyad&#039;s son that I wish I could show you in person:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745191[/ATTACH] </p><p>&#039;Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad. Basra, AH 59 (AD 678), AR drachm, 32mm</p><p>Obv: Crowned bust right, Arabic inscription in field</p><p>Rev: Two attendants beside fire altar</p><p>Walker 88, Album 12</p><p>cf. Pre-Reform coinage » Arab-Sasanian » Main series, silver » <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2435" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2435" rel="nofollow">al-Basra (BCRA)</a></p><p>Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubayd_Allah_ibn_Ziyad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubayd_Allah_ibn_Ziyad" rel="nofollow">Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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