364, Lot: 613. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Caucasus (Pre-Seljuq). Volga-Bulgarians. Anonymous. AR Dirham (29mm, 2.73 g, 5h). Citing Samanid Nasr ibn Ahmad. “al-Sash” mint. Dated AH “294” (AD 906/7). Album Q1481. EF, toned, small hairline flan crack.

A relatively early version of the Volga Bulgar types, possibly struck by order of contemporary East European traders