396, Lot: 466. Estimate $75. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Tabaristan. Dabuyid Ispahbads. Dad-burzmihr. Circa AD 728/30-740. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 2.07 g, 3h). First Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 87 = AH 121 (AD 738/9). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; ’pd in Pahlavi in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 24.1-3; Album 51; ICV –. EF, light golden toning.