E-auction 604-575482 - ARAB-SASANIAN - TABARISTAN - ARABI GOVERNORS Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: (PYE 138 = AH 172)
Date: c. 789
Mint name / Town : Tabaristan
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste stylisé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : INSCRIPTION EN ARABE.
Obverse description : Buste de Chosroès II stylisé, couronné à droite, remplacé par un losange inscrit, entouré d'un double grènetis avec trois étoiles surmontant des croissants ; inscription extérieure.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION EN ARABE.
Reverse description : Autel entre deux prêtres, du Soleil à gauche et de la Lune à droite, entouré d'un triple grènetis, au-dessus quatre croissants surmontés d'étoiles ; dans le champ, quatre groupes de trois globules posés en triangle.
Commentary
Cette hemidrachme appartiendrait à Suleiman, gouverneur du Tabaristan entre 784 et 788 (PYE 133-137 = AH 167-172).
Historical background
ARAB-SASANIAN - TABARISTAN - ARABI GOVERNORS
(7th - 8th century)
Several Arab governors succeeded one another in Tabaristan between 31 and 148 of the Hegira era, that is between 1 and 114 of the later era of Yazdgard III (632-651), the last Sassanid ruler, that is between 652 and 765 AD. Farkan, the grandson of the founder of the Ispahbad dynasty is the best known of these governors.
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