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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OutsiderSubtype, post: 7407816, member: 112457&quot;]Everyone on this thread knows I love dirhams of Harun al-Rashid but this is my first diamond head.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1287904[/ATTACH]</p><p>Abbasid Caliphate. Time of Harun al-Rashid. Dated post-Yazdgird era 136 (171 AH, 787-788 CE). Silver hemidrachm (tabari dirham). 23mm, 1.79g. Tabaristan mint. Cites Sulayman ibn Musa, the governor of Tabaristan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Crowned and draped word &#039;bakh&#039; (&#039;good&#039; in Arabic, written in Kufic script) within a diamond that replaces the head in a Sasanian-style royal bust. To left of head, AFZUT GDH (&#039;may his kingship increase&#039; in Pahlavi). To right of head, SLYMN (&#039;Sulayman&#039; in Arabic Kufic script). In outer margin, APD NWKW (&#039;excellent&#039; and &#039;good&#039; in Pahlavi).</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Sasanian-style fire altar set on three steps, flanked by two attendants standing facing. To left, date. To right, mint TAPWRSTAN (&#039;Tabaristan&#039; in Pahlavi). </p><p><br /></p><p>Album 65.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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