Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1195. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Tahirids. Talha ibn Tahir. AH 207-213 / AD 822–828. Æ Fals (2.57 g, 3h). Bust mint. Dated AH 209 (AD 824). Kalima in central legend; mint and date in margin / Sasanian-style bust right; name and titles of Talha before and in margin. Album 1394; BMC Oriental 240. VF, brown patina, slight die shift on reverse. Very rare.