E-auction 645-653365 - ARAB-SASANIAN - TABARISTAN - ARABI GOVERNORS Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: (PYE 121-129)
Date: c. 790-793
Mint name / Town : Tabaristan
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Superbe buste, finement détaillé. Joli revers. 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.
This hemidrachm belongs to 'Abd Allah b. 'Arif, governor of Tabaristan between 790 and 793
This hemidrachm belongs to 'Abd Allah b. 'Arif, governor of Tabaristan between 790 and 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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