Details
LOT 2887
World Coins - Islamic - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - AR Hemidrachm 791-806 A.D.
Obv: profile bust with inscription. Rev: fire altar with inscription. Near extremely fine.(1.67 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
With a coin ticket.
Literature
Cf. Wilkes 1, 107.
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LOT 2887
World Coins - Islamic - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - AR Hemidrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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