369, Lot: 344. Estimate $75. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Tabaristan. Dabuyid Ispahbads. Dad-burzmihr. Circa AD 728/30-740. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 2.05 g, 3h). Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 87 (AD 738/9). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; d’tbwrcmtr’ in Pahlavi to right; ’pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating fleurs-de-lis and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 24.1-3; Album 51; ICV –. Good VF.