Specimen record
as-010
AS-010 Arab-Sasanian, temp. al-Mahdi (AH 158-169 / AD 775-785). Silver hemidrachm (1.93 gm, 23.50 mm), governor Saʿid (AH 160-162 / AD 776-778 AD), Tabarestan, PYE 126 = AD 777. Album 58.
¥5,800
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as-010
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- as-010
- Weight
- 1.93 g
- Diameter
- 23.50 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Arab-Sasanian
- Ruler
- al-Mahdi
- Reign
- AH 158–169 / AD 775–785
- Authority
- Sa'id (governor)
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Hemidrachm
- Mint
- Tabaristan
- PYE
- 126
- AD
- 777
- References
- Album 58
Obverse
Within double border of dots, Sasanian-style crowned bust to right; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt’ = ‘xwarrah abzūd’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘Saʿīd’ (in Arabic); in outer margin, to right and left, ‘ʾp̄d – nywkˈ’ = ‘abd – nēk’ (‘wonderful – good’ in Pahlavi).
Reverse
Within triple border of dots, fire altar flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and circle; to left, ‘ššwystst’ = ‘šaš wīst sad’ (‘126’ in Pahlavi); to right, ‘tpwlstʾn’ = ‘Taburestān’ (‘Tabarestan’ in Pahlavi).
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