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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2411622, member: 42773&quot;]Now I don&#039;t throw around the phrase FDC very often, but how else would you describe this coin? A hemidrachm of Tabaristan, perfect strike, perfect style, excellent flan, perfect surfaces, perfect preservation. A stunning example of early Islamic coinage imitating Sassanian types. (Tabaristan was one of the last holdouts against the Muslim Conquest.) You need sunglasses to look at this coin for its brilliance. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498519[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Abassid Governors of Tabaristan, Sa&#039;id b. Da&#039;laj </font></p><p><font size="3">AR Hemidrachm, 24mm, 2g; Year 125 (AD 742).</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.; Sassanian style bust imitating Khosrau II right; Arabic marginal legend: name written in Arabic (kufic); phrases &quot;GDH&quot; and &quot;Apzut&quot; behind the crown, corrupted form of phrase &quot;arun&quot; at 7 oclock.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Fire altar flanked by attendants; date and mint.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: H.M. Malek, &quot;The Dabuyid Ispahbads of Tabaristan,&quot; AJN 5-6 (1993-4), 42.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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