Drachm - Yazid b. al-Muhallab Arab-Hephthalite

Issuer Umayyad Caliphate
Year 672-720
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Drachm (1)
Currency Drachm (661-750)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.04 g
Diameter
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
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Obverse description Sasanian bust right, wearing helmet with ‘weather-vane’ crest To right of bust, Script in Arabic In second and third quadrants of margin, Script in Arabic
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
(Translation: Yazid bin - al-Muhallab bismillah – al-a‘zim)
Reverse description Standing figure facing wearing armour and helmet with ‘weather-vane’ crest, holding spear vertically in left hand, right hand on pommel of sheathed sword at his waist. In field (in Pahlawi) ANBYR to left, date to right In first and second quadrants of margin: Hephthalite legend In fourth and third quadrants of margin (Script in Arabic)
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
(Translation: duriba jizya bi-’l–Juzjan ANBYR)
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Mint
Mintage ND (672-720) - -
84 (703) - Anbir -
Numisquare ID 6481054360
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