380, Lot: 550. Estimate $75. Sold for $55. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 1.95 g, 3h). Anonymous APZWT issue. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 142 (AD 793/4). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; ’pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin; nwk’ in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating fleurs-de-lis and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 183; Album 73; ICV 120. EF, areas of light toning, minor weak strike at periphery.