Watch List notes:

Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan, Rawh b. Hatim (146-148h), hemidrachm, Tabaristan 147h, obv., al-Mahdi Muhammad – ibn amir al-mu'minin to right and left of bust, rev., to left: mimma amr bihi Rawh ibn Hatim; to right: mint and date in Arabic, 1.89g (Malek 54), some staining, very fine to good very fine and extremely rare. This extremely rare type, which bears conventional a Hijri date rather than one expressed in the post-Yazdigerd Era, was evidently struck during the year when the caliph al-Mansur appointed al-Mahdi as his designated heir. Rawh b. Hatim, who is also named on the piece, served as governor of Tabaristan for just two or three years before being removed from office, apparently because he was unpopular with the local population.
(4000-5000 GBP)