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Dating Systems:
AH = Hijri [year 1 = 622/3 AD]
YE = Yazdgard Era [year 1 = 632/3 AD]
PYE = Post-Yazdgard Era [year 1 = 652/3 AD]



Dabuyid Ispahbads


Farrukhan (PYE 60 - 77 [AH 93 - 110])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
727 AD
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 75 PYE
24 mm.
2.03 gm.
Album 50
Die position=10h
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: 3 pellets. Name in Pahlavi.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; star left and crescent right of flames.


Farrukhan (PYE 60 - 77 [AH 93 - 110])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 77 PYE
25 mm.
2.00 gm.
Album 50; SICA I -
Die position=1h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=19 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, crescent in field. 'pd in 2nd quadrant; nyw' in 3rd.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; star to left, crescent to right.


Dad-burzmihr (PYE 79 - 88 [AH 112 - 122])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 86 PYE
24 mm.
1.96 gm.
Album 51; SICA I 396 type
Die position=3h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=19 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, crescent in field; no star and crescent in front of crown. 'pd in 2nd quadrant.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; star to left, crescent to right. Pellet at 6h.


Khurshid (PYE 89 - 110 [AH 123 - 144])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 90 PYE
24 x 25 mm.
2.04 gm.
Album 52; SICA I -
Die position=3h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=17 mm.; diameter of reverse border=17 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, crescent in field. 'pd in 2nd quadrant.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; star to left, crescent to right.


Khurshid (PYE 89 - 110 [AH 123 - 144])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 91 PYE
24 x 23 mm.
1.86 gm.
Album 52; SICA I -
Die position=1h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=17 mm.; diameter of reverse border=17 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, crescent in field. 'pd in 2nd quadrant.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; star to left, crescent to right.


Khurshid (PYE 89 - 110 [AH 123 - 144])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 92 PYE
23 mm.
1.81 gm.
Album 52; SICA I -
Die position=3h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=17 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, crescent in field. 'pd in 2nd quadrant.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; star to left, crescent to right.


Khurshid (PYE 89 - 110 [AH 123 - 144])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 95 PYE
24 x 25 mm.
1.98 gm.
Album 52; SICA I -
Die position=3h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=17 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, crescent in field. Pellet above crown; 'pd in 2nd quadrant.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; star to right, crescent to left.


Khurshid (PYE 89 - 110 [AH 123 - 144])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 95 PYE
24 mm.
2.01 gm.
Album 52
Die position=3h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=17 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: 4 pellets. Name in Pahlavi.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; star left and crescent right of flames.
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.


Khurshid (PYE 89 - 110 [AH 123 - 144])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 104 PYE
23 mm.
1.81 gm.
Album 52; SICA I -
Die position=3h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=16 mm.; diameter of reverse border=17 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, crescent in field. 'pd in 2nd quadrant.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; star to left, crescent to right.


Khurshid (PYE 89 - 110 [AH 123 - 144])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 111 PYE
24 x 25 mm.
1.97 gm.
Album 53; SICA I -
Die position=9h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=18 mm.; diameter of reverse border=18 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, crescent in field. 'pd in 2nd quadrant.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; star to left, crescent to right.
Note: Posthumous type.


Abbasid Governors


'Umar ibn al-'Ala (PYE 120 - 129 [AH 155 - 164])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
773 AD
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 122 PYE
24 mm.
1.92 gm.
Album 56
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: 3 pellets. Name in Arabic.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; star left and crescent right of flames.


'Umar ibn al-'Ala (PYE 120 - 129 [AH 155 - 164])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
774 AD
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 123 PYE
24 mm.
1.81gm.
Album 55
Die position=11h
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: 4 pellets. Name in Pahlavi.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; star left and crescent right of flames (?).


'Umar ibn al-'Ala (PYE 120 - 129 [AH 155 - 164])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
774 AD
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 124 PYE
23 x 24 mm.
1.88 gm.
Album 55
Die position=3h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=16 mm.; diameter of reverse border=16 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: 4 pellets. Name in Pahlavi.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; star left and crescent right of flames.
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.


'Umar ibn al-'Ala (PYE 120 - 129 [AH 155 - 164])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
780 AD
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 129 PYE
24 x 23 mm.
1.99 gm.
Album 56
Die position=12h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=16 mm.; diameter of reverse border=16 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: star within circle. Name in Arabic. Crescent in right field almost an annulet; pellet within circle on either side of crown.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; star left and crescent right of flames. Pellet in right field.


Anonymous (PYE 125, 129 - 143 [AH 160, 164 - 178])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 130 PYE
23 x 22 mm.
1.95 gm.
Album 73; SICA I
Die position=5h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=17 mm.; diameter of reverse border=16 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, crescent in field. 'pd in 2nd quadrant; nyw' in 3rd.
Reverse: Altar and attendants; star to left, crescent to right.


Anonymous (PYE 125, 129 - 143 [AH 160, 164 - 178])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
781 AD
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 130 PYE
24 x 23 mm.
1.80 gm.
Album 73
Die position=3h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=17 mm.; diameter of reverse border=16 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: 4 pellets;'Afzut' in front of bust instead of name.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; star to right and pellet to left of flames.


Anonymous (PYE 125, 129 - 143 [AH 160, 164 - 178])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
781 AD
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 130 PYE
23 mm.
1.68 gm.
Album 73
Die position=4h
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: 4 pellets;'Afzut' in front of bust instead of name.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; pellets (?) to right and left of flames.


Anonymous (PYE 125, 129 - 143 [AH 160, 164 - 178])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
783 AD
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 132 PYE
24 x 23 mm.
1.85 gm.
Album 73
Die position=4h
Diameter of obverse dotted border=16 mm.; diameter of reverse border=16 mm.
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: 3 pellets;'Afzut' in front of bust instead of name.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; star left and crescent right of flames (?).
Note: Courtesy Robert W. Schaaf collection.


Sulayman ibn Musa (PYE 136 - 138 [AH 171 - 173])
AR Hemidrachm/Tabari Dirham
788 AD
Mint: TPWRSTAN
Date: 137 PYE
23 mm.
2.04 gm.
Album 65
Die position=4h
Obverse: Bust right, breast ornament: type 'A' with 3 pellets.'Bakh' (good) in diamond superimposed over bust with winged headdress. Legend.
Reverse: Fire altar with 2 attendants; stars to right and left of flames.


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