278, Lot: 499. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan. Muqātil. PYE 136-141 / AH 172-176 / AD 788-792. AR Hemidrachm (23mm, 2.45 g, 10h). Dated PYE 139 (AH 174 / AD 790). Crowned bust right; “May xvarrah increase” in Pahlavi behind, “Muqātil” in Arabic before; open double circle border with star-in-crescent motif at 3, 6, and 9 o’clock and “excellent” and “good” in 2nd and 3rd quarters of margin / Fire altar with attendants flanking; pellet and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; triple circle border with alternating star-in-crescent and lis motifs. Malek 124. Near EF.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection. Ex UBS 62 (25 January 2005), lot 6 (part of).