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Drachm - Murad Eastern Sistan - Arab-Sasanian
| Issuer | Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Year | 750-770 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Pahlavi, Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central fire altar with attendants flanking on either side, depicted in the inherited Sasanian iconographic tradition, rendered in a schematic hammered style. Two stylized figures stand in attendance at the altar, a design directly derived from late Sasanian prototypes. Small crescent or star symbols appear in the field beside the attendants. An Arabic marginal legend encircles the design within a circular border, reflecting the Islamic administrative overlay on the inherited Sasanian reverse type characteristic of early Abbasid-period coinage from Sijistan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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