“Talha Supports God”

282, Lot: 401. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Arab-Sasanian coinage. Talha ibn 'Abd Allāh. Governor, fl. AH 64-66 / AD 683-685. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.98 g, 9h). SK (Sīstān/Sijistān) mint. Dated AH 64 (AD 683/4). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; lillah talha.·.-·.· in margin; c/m: Pahlavi legend (varahran?) / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, -; SSC 86; Album 26; for c/m: Göbl, Dokumente KM 35. Good VF, long test scrape along reverse. Rare.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 97.

The issues of Talha interestingly replace the traditional “In the name God” obverse marginal legend with “Talha supports God.”