396, Lot: 467. Estimate $75. Sold for $86. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Tabaristan. Dabuyid Ispahbads. Khurshid. Circa AD 741-760. AR Hemidrachm (25mm, 1.97 g, 3h). First Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 94 = AH 128 (AD 745/6). 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 31.1-8; Album 52; ICV –. Near EF, bright surfaces, scratches.