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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 5164573, member: 81887&quot;]Well, I finally received the Gyselen book.&nbsp; I should clarify that I have the First Edition (published in 2000).&nbsp; There is a Second Edition, which apparently adds a number of additional types, but I haven&#039;t obtained that yet.&nbsp; </p><p>Anyway, my OP coin is listed as Type 60, although no mint city is given as that part of the legend was not legible on the specimens known to Gyselen at the time.&nbsp; She does note that one specimen of this type was discovered in excavations at Naqsh-i Rustam (which is not far from Shiraz).&nbsp; Interestingly, Types 31, 32, and 33 are a series of three types that are essentially identical to each other except for their dates of 113, 114, and 119 AH.&nbsp; The obverse of these coins features a Sasanian-style bust and a legend in Pahlavi that is mostly illegible but includes the word &quot;perozih&quot; (victory).&nbsp; The reverses feature three central lines of Arabic giving the second half of the kalima &quot;muhammad rasul allah&quot; (Muhammad is the Prophet of God), with an Arabic inscription in the margin in the normal format giving mint (Jaiy) and date.&nbsp; This doesn&#039;t directly relate to my OP coin, but it does make it seem like less of an oddball- another city, some years earlier, also issued coins fusing a Sasanian bust with a post-reform-style reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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