bgr_1158650 - ARAB-SASANIAN - TABARISTAN - ARABI GOVERNORS Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: (PYE 124 = AH 159)
Date: c. 775-776
Mint name / Town : Tabaristan
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large parfaitement centré. Beau buste. Joli revers de style fin. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
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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 Umar b. al-’Ala, gouverneur du Tabaristan entre 771 et 780. Ce type est assez rare.
This hemidrachm belongs to Umar b. al-'Ala, governor of Tabaristan between 771 and 780. This type is quite rare
This hemidrachm belongs to Umar b. al-'Ala, governor of Tabaristan between 771 and 780. This type is quite rare
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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