Lustrous and in mint state. Clear strike for this type.
Umar ibn al-Ala (governor c. AH 155-163 or 771 AD to 780 AD)
Tabaristan hemidrachm
Abbasid governors of Tabaristan. AR Hemidrachm. Tabaristan, dated PYE 127, AD 778/9. 23 mm, 1.94 g.
Obv: Sasanian style bust right, wearing winged crown; Pahlavi legend before the face, Arabic legend in the margin.
Rev: Fire altar flanked by two attendants; date and mint in Pahlavi, TPURSTAN, in the field; fleurs de lis in the margin.
Ref: SICA Ashmolean 410; Album 56.
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