411, Lot: 530. Estimate $75. Sold for $90. 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, 1.93 g, 2h). Issue of Muqatil, governor in Tabaristan. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 139 = AH 174 (AD 790/1). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right;
mqatl in Arabic to right;
’pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin;
nwk’ in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 124.1-8; Album 68; ICV 107. Good VF, toned.
From the Norman Frank Collection.