bgr_629311 - ARAB-SASANIAN - TABARISTAN - ARABI GOVERNORS Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: (PYE 121-129)
Date: c. 771-780
Mint name / Town : Tabaristan
Metal : silver
Diameter : 2235 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire recouvert d’une somptueuse patine aux reflets dorés
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, c’est la première fois que nous le présentons à la vente !.
This hemidrachm belongs to Umar b. al-'Ala, governor of Tabaristan between 771 and 780. This type is quite rare, this is the first time that we are presenting it for sale!
This hemidrachm belongs to Umar b. al-'Ala, governor of Tabaristan between 771 and 780. This type is quite rare, this is the first time that we are presenting it for sale!
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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