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286, Lot: 499. Estimate $75.
Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan. Muqātil. PYE 136-141 / AH 172-176 / AD 788-792. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 2.04 g, 1h). Dated PYE 140 (AH 175 / AD 791). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; “excellent” and “good” in 2nd and 3rd quarters of margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Malek 125. VF, toned, porosity and deposits. Rare - only two cited in Malek’s study.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 38. Ex UBS 62 (25 january 2005), lot 6 (part of).