Abbasid. Al Mahdi. Hemidrachm anonymous type, Tabaristan. PYE 132 = AH 167 = AD 783. Sasanian fire altar style (No reserve price)
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ISLAM - Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. Tabaristan. Silver hemidrachm or tabari dirham (1.93 g. 25 mm), anonymous type, PYE 132 = AH 167 = AD 783.
Draped Sasanian-style bust to right, wearing elaborate crown; behind and before head, ‘GDH ˗ ʾp̄zwt’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); in outer margin to left and right, ‘nywk' ˗ ʾp̄d’ (good ˗ wonderful’ in Pahlavi).
Fire altar, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and pellet; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, ‘tpwlstʾn’ (‘Tabaristan’ in Pahlavi).
Album 73. Malek-174. SICA I, 428. Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 157, 312
Extremely fine condition, some of the original luster still remaining.
5522 2025-7739
Seller's Story
Lucernae is a numismatic company founded in 2002 by Antonio Hinojosa Pareja, a graduate in Geography and History since 1997.
Lucernae, as is well known, is the plural of a Latin word that defines a point of light (lucerna), a typical and everyday object in any home in the classical world. In the same way, our objective is the diffusion of historical knowledge through Numismatics. Being a point of light on Antiquity just like this small ceramic container filled with oil illuminated life hundreds or thousands of years ago! Welcome to the Story through the coins!
Translated by Google TranslateISLAM - Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. Tabaristan. Silver hemidrachm or tabari dirham (1.93 g. 25 mm), anonymous type, PYE 132 = AH 167 = AD 783.
Draped Sasanian-style bust to right, wearing elaborate crown; behind and before head, ‘GDH ˗ ʾp̄zwt’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); in outer margin to left and right, ‘nywk' ˗ ʾp̄d’ (good ˗ wonderful’ in Pahlavi).
Fire altar, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and pellet; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, ‘tpwlstʾn’ (‘Tabaristan’ in Pahlavi).
Album 73. Malek-174. SICA I, 428. Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 157, 312
Extremely fine condition, some of the original luster still remaining.
5522 2025-7739
Seller's Story
Lucernae is a numismatic company founded in 2002 by Antonio Hinojosa Pareja, a graduate in Geography and History since 1997.
Lucernae, as is well known, is the plural of a Latin word that defines a point of light (lucerna), a typical and everyday object in any home in the classical world. In the same way, our objective is the diffusion of historical knowledge through Numismatics. Being a point of light on Antiquity just like this small ceramic container filled with oil illuminated life hundreds or thousands of years ago! Welcome to the Story through the coins!
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Era
1400-1900
Over 200 years old
Yes
Country/province
Abbasid
Year/Period and Variation
anonymous type, Tabaristan. PYE 132 = AH 167 = AD 783. Sasanian fire altar style
Ruler
Al Mahdi
Denomination
Hemidrachm
Precious metal
Silver
Condition
eF
Weight
1.93 g
Number of items
1
