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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. AR Hemidrachm (23mm, 1.92 g, 10h). Arab-Sasanian type. Tabaristan mint. ‘Umar ibn al-Ala, governor. Dated PYE 125 (AH 160 / AD 176/7). Sasanian style bust right; in margin, three stars within crescents and name of governor in Arabic / Fire altar with attendants; date to left, pellet and mint to right; star within crescents and lis in margin. SICA I, 410 var. (no pellet on rev.); Album 57; Walker, Arab-Byzantine -. EF, some faint scratches.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1688.

The only other Tabaristan hemidrachms showing the lis replacing the typical pellets on the reverse are the anonymous issues of PYE 142-143 (see Walker, 314-6).