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Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1915. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. 
Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EARLY ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian. Talha bin 'Abd Allah. 683-685 AD. AR Drachm (4.02 gm, 9h). SK(Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 64 (683/4 AD). Sasanian-style bust right with winged crown, Pahlevi inscription surrounding; four stars and crescents around bust, in the margin four equally spaced stars and crescents (the lower flanked by \ \); talha lillah in lower right field / Fire altar flanked by attendants; date to left, mint to right, both in Pahlevi; four stars and crescents along outer border. Walker, Arab-Sassanian 191; SICA 1, p. 25; Album 26. Good VF, toned. Rare. ($500)