379, Lot: 438. Estimate $200. 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 (32mm, 2.66 g, 3h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class IV. Zaranj mint; Murad (Qirad), 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,and murad in Arabic / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; pseudo-date to left, pseudo-mint to right. Album 87; ICV 77 . VF, toned, holed and plugged. Very rare.

From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 1354.