325, Lot: 806. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. BI Dirhem (26mm, 2.81 g, 1h). Bukharkhuda type. Bukhara mint. Struck circa AH 158-168 (AD 774-785). Crowned bust right;
al-mahdi to upper left / Fire altar with ribbon and crowned bust right in flames, flanked by two attendants. Treadwell,
Monetary Type 3; Walker 319-37; Album 94. VF, small hairline crack in center of flan.