421, Lot: 641. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (25mm, 1.61 g, 3h). Issue of Mihrān, governor (AH 170 / AD 786/7). Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 135 (AD 786/7). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust 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 fleurs-de-lis and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 92; Album 62; ICV 109. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Very rare.