SEVENTY-SEVEN ARAB-SASANIAN HEMI-DRACHMS

TABARISTAN, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY

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SEVENTY-SEVEN ARAB-SASANIAN HEMI-DRACHMS
TABARISTAN, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY
Including issues of Khurshid, Khalid, 'Umar, Muqatil, Hani, 'Abd Allah, anonymous issues and a very rare issue of Ibrahim, fine to good very fine

Provenance

Acquired between 1955-1998

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Lot Essay

Tabaristan was conquered by the armies of Islam in 761. Prior to this the area was ruled by independent Ispahbads of the local Dabwayhid dynasty and the legends were in Pahlavi script. After this the 'Abbasid governors used Arabic, but the coins remained the same, being based on the Drachms of the Sasanians, but only half the weight and size.

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