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Lot 1776

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 300 GBP
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Abbasids, time of Al-Mahdi AR Hemidrachm. Issue of 'Umar ibn al-'Ala, governor of Tabaristan. Tabaristan mint, PYE 125 = AH 160 = AD 776/7. Crowned Sasanian-style bust to right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, 410; Album 57. 1.83g, 24mm, 10h.

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Ex Stephen Album Rare Coins, Auction 32, 13 September 2018, lot 201.

A bilingual coin citing the governor Umar ibn al-'Ala in Pahlawi and in Arabic.
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