454, Lot: 496. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (1.98 g, 9h). Issue of ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Arif, governor (AH 174-176 / AD 790-793). First Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 140 = AH 175 (AD 791/2). 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; stars flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 130.2; Album 70 (‘Abd Allah [ibn Qahtaba]); ICV 115. Near EF. Lustrous.