264, Lot: 551. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 2.23 g, 3h). Sulaimān, governor. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 137 (AH 172 [AD 788/9]). Crowned Sasanian style bust right, with face replaced by rhomboid bearing Arabic bakh (= good) / Fire altar flanked by attendants; stars flanking flames. Malek 101.1-5; Album 65. EF, toned.

From the Fredy Vortisch Collection.