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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Islamic| > IS89693
Islamic, Arab-Sasanian, Abbasid Province of Tabaristan, Anonymous, 786 - 787 A.D.
|Islamic|, |Islamic,| |Arab-Sasanian,| |Abbasid| |Province| |of| |Tabaristan,| |Anonymous,| |786| |-| |787| |A.D.|, Tabaristan was one of the last parts of Persia to fall to the Muslim Conquest, maintaining resistance until 761, when local rulers became vassals of the Abassid Caliphate. Even after this, Tabaristan remained largely independent of direct control of the Caliphate, and underwent numerous power struggles and rebellions.
IS89693. Silver hemidrachm, SICA I 431, Album 73, EF, some mint luster, areas of weak strike, Tabaristan mint, weight 1.953g, maximum diameter 24.0mm, die axis 0o, Post-Yazdgerd era year 136, 170 H, 786 - 787 A.D.; obverse Pahlavi left: GDH (spendor); Pahlavi right: AFZWT (strong, replaces governors name); Pahlavi in margin left to right: pd (excellent), nwk' (good), bust with winged crown in the style of the Sasanian king Khusru II, pellets flanking crown within border, four pellets on chest (top pellet on collar), star above crescent on shoulders, three crescents with star within in margin; reverse Pahlavi left: date (year 136), Pahlavi right: Tpwlst'n (Tabaristan), fire altar flanked by two stylized attendants, flame flanked by two pellets, triple circle border, four crescents with star and four groups of three pellets outside; ex Beast Coins; SOLD











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