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LOT 3062

World Coins - Islamic - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - AR Hemidrachm 786-809 A.D.

Tabaristan mint. Obv: stylised crowned Sassanian style bust right; GDH and Â’pzwt in Pahlavi flanking bust; Â’pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin; nywkÂ’ in Pahlavi to lower left. Rev: fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; star-in-crescents and triple pellets in outer margin. About extremely fine.(1.97 grams, 23 mm.). [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Malek 172, Wilkes 1, 107.

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World Coins - Islamic - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - AR Hemidrachm

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