Rare Taharid Issue

207, Lot: 463. Estimate $150. Sold for $161. 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 (19mm, 2.24 g, 9h). Bust mint. Dated AH 209 (AD 824). Kalima; mint and [date] in margin / Sasanian-style bust right; names and titles of Talha before and in margin. Album 1394. VF, red-brown patina. Rare.