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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 7666690, member: 75482&quot;]I&#039;ve posted this coin before but hopefully it&#039;s interesting enough for an encore. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Tahirids were a Persian family in the service of the &#039;Abbasids and were effectively independent rulers in the East. There was always tension between Persian converts in the East and the Arabs in the West. This tension was one of the factors behind the &#039;Abbasid Revolution which had overthrown the Umayyads in 750. As the first Persian dynasty to assert itself within the Arab Islamic empire, I suspect the resurrection of Sasanian imagery on this coin is no coincidence. This issue is the latest known example of a Sasanian coin type in greater Iran.</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Abbasids/ Tahirids, Talha ibn Tahir, AH 207-213/ AD 822-828, AE fals (1.97gm) also citing the heir &#039;Abd Allah al-Tahiri as local governor. Bust (Afghanistan) mint, dated AH 209 (AD 824). The obverse has the first half of the Kalima at center with mint and date formula in margin. The legend in the reverse margin begins with the second half of the Kalima and continues <i>ordered by the amir Talha, from the hands of &#039;Abd Allah</i>. Album 1394 (RR).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317517[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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