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454, Lot: 498. Estimate $100.
Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (23mm, 1.99 g, 9h). Anonymous APZWT issue. Second Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 142 = AH 177 (AD 793/4). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; ’pd in Pahlavi and ain in Arabic to lower right in outer margin; nwk’ in Pahlavi to lower left; additional hw in Pahlavi to upper left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating fleur-de-lis and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 184-9; Album 74; ICV –. Lightly toned, areas of weak strike. VF.