385, Lot: 685. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. Tahir ibn Khalaf. Circa AH 390-395 / AD 1000-1005. AR Dirham (26mm, 4.81 g, 12h). Citing the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud as overlord. Sijistan mint. Dated AH 392 (AD 1001/2). Album 1424; ICV 1469. VF, toned, areas of weak strike at periphery, light scratches, flan crack.