274, Lot: 478. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (22mm, 1.69 g, 8h). Struck by ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Arif, Governor of Tabaristan, AH 174-175 (AD 790-792). Tabaristan mint. Dated Post-Yazdgerd era 140 (AH 175 / AD 791/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; APD NWKW in Pahlavi in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Malek 129.4; Album 70. Good VF, porous.