396, Lot: 622. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 1.31 g, 3h). Issue of ‘Umar ibn al-‘Alā, governor of Tabaristan. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 125 = AH 160 (AD 745/6). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; ‘umar ibn al-‘alā in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 77.1-5; Album 57; ICV 104. Near EF. Rare.