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| End of the sale : | 09 April 2024 14:43:08 |
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: (PYE 121-129)
Date: c. 790-793
Mint name / Town : Tabaristan
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée avec des faiblesses. Très beau buste. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : INSCRIPTION EN PEHLVI ET EN COUFIQUE.
Obverse description : Buste de Chosroès II couronné à droite, surmonté d'un casque ailé entouré d'un double grènetis avec trois étoiles surmontant des croissants ; inscription extérieure.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION EN PEHLVI.
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 appartient à ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Arif, gouverneur du Tabaristan entre 790 et 793.
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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