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Lot # 828
Tabaristan. Abbasid Governor. ‘Umar ibn al-’Ala (AH 154-163 / AD 771-780). AR Hemidrachm. Tabaristan mint. D/ Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; ’mr in Arabic to right; three stars-in-crescents and ’pd and nwk’ in Pahlavi in 2nd and 3rd quarters of margin. R/ Fire altar flanked by attendants; crescent and star flanking flames; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Album 56. AG. 1.98 g. 24.00 mm.