Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1924. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $300. 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 (3.61 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, black-green patina, hard green deposit on obverse.