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1/2 Drachm - Anonimous - 'Bakh Bakh' type Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - Arab-Sasanian
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 780-783 |
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| Value | Hemidrachm (7⁄20) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust with head turned to the right, depicted in the Sasanian royal tradition, wearing a winged crown surmounted by a star and crescent device. The effigy is contained within a single-dotted border, with crescents accompanied by stars positioned at the 3, 6, and 9 o'clock positions in the field. The bust is rendered in the late Sasanian artistic style, reflecting the transitional Arab-Sasanian coinage conventions of Tabaristan. The overall composition preserves the iconographic heritage of pre-Islamic Persian royal imagery while serving under Abbasid gubernatorial authority. |
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| Obverse lettering | `BAKH` ? bakhil ? (Translation: Greedy, Grasping ?) |
| Reverse description | Sasanian-style fire altar with two attendants standing facing one another, each wearing a crescent on their head and resting both hands upon a sword hilt. The design is enclosed within a triple-dotted border, with crescents accompanied by stars at the 3, 6, 9, and 12 o'clock positions in the field, and three pellets placed at the diagonal quadrants. The fire altar composition closely follows established Sasanian reverse iconography, representing religious and dynastic continuity in the Arab-Sasanian coinage tradition of Tabaristan. |
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