ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. AR Hemidrachm (22mm, 1.81 g, 7h). Issue of Khalid ibn Barmak. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 119 = AH 153/4 (AD 770/1).Electronic Auction 465 Early Medieval & Islamic, Silver Sold For $ 100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. AR Hemidrachm (22mm, 1.81 g, 7h). Issue of Khalid ibn Barmak. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 119 = AH 153/4 (AD 770/1). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; h’lyt in Pahlavi to right; ’pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin / 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 59.1-3; Album 54; ICV 103. Near EF. |