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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2665737, member: 44316&quot;]An Arab-Sasanian coin makes a nice addition to a set of historical types. Here is one that is remarkable for not being clipped:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]592335[/ATTACH]</p><p>33 mm. 4.16 grams. 3:00.</p><p>Ubaud Alliah b. Zyiad, 55-67 AH</p><p>struck year 61 AH = AD 680/681 at Basra.</p><p>I think I got the date right (Years 60 and 62 don&#039;t look much different), but I did so merely by comparison with the coins photographed in <i>Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean Museum</i> [Oxford], volume I, by Steven Album and Tony Goodwin. This type is, I think, #83 on plate 6.</p><p>That volume is expensive but it has 504 Arab-Sasanian and 238 Arab-Byzantine coins illustrated and the whole relevant monetary history is discussed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Malter auction XXVII, June 10-11, 1984, lot 177.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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