ARAB-SASANIAN, ‘ABD AL-RAHMAN B. ‘ABDALLAH Drachm, AKWLA (al-Kufa) 79h Obverse: In margin: bismillahReverse: fire-altar and attendants with crescent to left and star to right of flames, mint-name to left, date in Pahlawi numerals to rightWeight: 2.29g References: Album A28 RRR; Qaseer 312 var. Evenly clipped but otherwise better than very fine and excessively rare. On this extremely rare and unusual drachm the mint-signature and date are transposed from their normal positions on the reverse. The date is entirely composed of Pahlawi numerals and is to be read as ‘70+3+3+3’, i.e 79h.

Estimate: GBP 1500 - 2000