ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 2.04 g, 9h). Issue of ‘Umar ibn al-’Ala, governor in Tabaristan. Sixth Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 129 = AH 164 (AD 780/1).

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Lot: 522. Estimated: $ 75

Early Medieval & Islamic, Silver

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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 2.04 g, 9h). Issue of ‘Umar ibn al-’Ala, governor in Tabaristan. Sixth Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 129 = AH 164 (AD 780/1). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; ’mr 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 80.2; Album 56; ICV 104. Iridescent toning, areas of slight weakness, hairline die break on obverse. Near EF.


Closing Date and Time: 3 November 2021 at 12:53:40 ET.

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