362, Lot: 451. Estimate $75.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 1.72 g, 9h). Anonymous
’pzwt issue. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 135 (AD 786/7). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right;
GDH and
’pzwt in Pahlavi flanking bust;
’pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin;
nywk’ in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; star-in-crescents and triple pellets in outer margin. Malek 167.8; Album 73. EF, areas of light toning.
Ex Pegasi BBS 141 (21 February 2012), lot 181.
