1 Hemidrachm Sassanid Empire (224-651) Silver

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Denomination:

1 Hemidrachm

Metal:

Silver

State:

Sassanid Empire (224-651)

Issue year(s):

790

Muqatil, Abbassid Governors of Tabaristan, AR Hemidrachm, 139 PYE (Post Yazdgard Era = AH 174 = 790 AD)

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Facing bust of Muqatil, head right, wearing winged crown surmounted by star and crescent, inside
single-dotted border,
crescents with stars at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock

||U| in lower left margin, APD in lower-right margin

Pahlavi date

Sasanian style fire altar with two attendants standing facing, crescents on their heads, both hands on sword hilt, inside
triple dotted-border, crescents with stars at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock, three pellets at the diagonals

23mm, 1.72g

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Posted by: ancient 2010-02-19

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