Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1142. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EARLY ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian. Talha bin 'Abd Allah. 698-699 AD. AR Drachm (4.07 g, 9h). SK(Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 79 (698 AD). Sasanian-style bust right with winged crown, Pahlavi inscription and governor's name flanking; rabbi in lower left field, bismillah in lower right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; date to left, mint to right, both in Pahlavi. Walker, Arab-Sassanian p. 110, Th. 14; SICA 1 369; Album 37. Good VF. Rare. ($150)