Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1925. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $190. 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 (2.07 g, 12h). Dated AH 209 (AD 824/5). Kalima in three lines across field; AH date in outer margin / Continuation of Kalima and name and title of Talha ibn Tahir across field; continuation of same in outer margin. Album A1395; cf. BMC Oriental 241. Good VF, brown patina with dark green overtones. Well-struck and very rare.