454, Lot: 497. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (23mm, 1.60 g, 9h). Issue of Ibrahim, governor (AH 175-176 / AD 791-793). First Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 141 = AH 176 (AD 792/3). 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 triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 184-9; Album 72; ICV 117. Toned, crystallized surfaces. VF. Rare.