TABARISTAN: Nusayr, 784-785, AR ½ drachm (2.02g), Tabaristan, AH168, A-L73, Malek-212, mint & date written in Arabic on the reverse, whereas the name of Nusayr is in Pahlavi at the usual name location before the bust on the obverse, average strike, EF, RR. Miles and DeShazo have argued that this individual was the eunuch Nusayr al-Wasif, who served as chief of intelligence for the caliph al-Mahdi.
Estimate: 800-1,000 USD