Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan

ISLAM - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan. Al-Rashid calipha times, AH 169-193 / AD 786-809. Tabaristan. Silver hemidrachm o dirham tabari (1,59 g. 24 mm), anonymous type. Draped Sasanian-style bust to right, wearing elaborate crown; behind and before head, ‘GDH ˗ ʾp̄zwt’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); in outer margin to left and right, ‘nywk' ˗ ʾp̄d’ (good ˗ wonderful’ in Pahlavi). Fire altar, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and pellet; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, ‘tpwlstʾn’ (‘Tabaristan’ in Pahlavi). Album 73. Malek-174. SICA I, 428. Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 157, 312 About uncirculated, some of the original luster still remaining. 13601 2026-3647

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