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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2489002, member: 15445&quot;]I read the OP &amp; plan to go back &amp; read it again now.&nbsp; Much information &amp; I truly appreciate the informative post.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Tabaristan which came from a hoard from CT&#039;s own Lost Dutchman (Matt).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]526498[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>&#039;Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan </b></p><p><b>Islamic Imitation of Arab-Sassanian Shah Khusro II </b></p><p><b>AR Half Drachm </b></p><p><b>ca. 781 AD</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1.93 grams, 23 mm</p><p><b>Obv</b>: Shah Khusro II wearing</p><p>&nbsp; winged crown</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Fire altar with two attendants</p><p><b>Grade:</b> EF as struck with some</p><p>&nbsp; peripheral weakness on the</p><p>&nbsp; large thin planchet &amp; single</p><p>&nbsp; corrosion spot on reverse.</p><p>&nbsp; Beginning to re-tone.</p><p><b>Other:</b>&nbsp; Anonymous “AFZWT” Type.</p><p>Pahlavi AFZWT means &quot;be it increased&quot;. Khusro II “The Victorious&quot; 590-628 A.D. was the last great king of the Sassanian Empire, &amp; the son of Hormizd IV. </p><p><br /></p><p>This imitation is dated Post Yazdgard Era 130 (130 PYE+ 651 = 781 A.D.) From Lost Dutchman Coins Oct 2013.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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