Arab-Sasanian, Salm b. Ziyad, drachm, MRW (Marw) 65h, obv., in margin: bismillah Allahu – Akbar, rev., in first quadrant of margin: ombiro, 3.26g (Gaube p.29, 2.2.3.4.19), part of edge broken away, two Hephthalite countermarks in first and fourth quadrants of obverse margin, very fine and extremely rare. This is the earliest Islamic coin to bear the famous slogan Allahu Akbar.
Estimate: GBP 800 - 1200
Price realized | -- |
Starting price | 640 GBP |
Estimate | 800 GBP |