364, Lot: 603. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Mahdi to Harun al-Rashid. AH 158-193 / AD 775-809. BI Drachm (31mm, 2.55 g, 8h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class IV. Zaranj mint; ‘Imad, mintmaster or financial officer. Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; pseudo- GDH and ’pzwt in Pahlavi to left; pseudo- hwslwb in Pahlavi to right; in outer margins, bismillah rabbi, [salih], and ’imad in Arabic; Cim: al-layth in Arabic / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; pseudo-date to left, pseudo-mint to right. Album 89c; Wilkes 85; CNG 64, lot 527 (example with c/m). VF, toned, deposit in countermark.