Pre-reform issues, Tabaristan ('Abbasid governors). Muhammad (the future caliph al-Mahdi). AH 146-148 / AD 763-765. AR Hemidrachm (25mm, 1.94 g, 8h). Tabaristan mint. Dated AH 146 (in Arabic) (AD 763/4). Good VF.

CNG Islamic Auction 2
Lot: 18. Estimated: $ 3 000

Arab-Sasanian and other Pre-reform issues, Silver

Sold For $ 3 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Pre-reform issues, Tabaristan ('Abbasid governors). Muhammad (the future caliph al-Mahdi). AH 146-148 / AD 763-765. AR Hemidrachm (25mm, 1.94 g, 8h). Tabaristan mint. Dated AH 146 (in Arabic) (AD 763/4). Obverse: naming al-Mahdi Muhammad before bust / Reverse: naming Rawh b. Hatim to left of fire-altar. Malek 53; Album S73. Scraped in third quadrant of obverse margin. Good VF. Extremely rare.

Ex Baldwin’s Islamic Auction 19 (25 April 2012), lot 4.


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