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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 3977508, member: 74799&quot;]The reference book for these coins is <u>Malek, <i>The Dabuyid Ispahbads and Early Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan: History and Numismatics</i></u>. Since most collectors probably don&#039;t have that particular book (including myself), Malek has been generous in posting a lot of his articles and materials on academia.edu (<a href="https://oxford.academia.edu/HodgeMalek" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://oxford.academia.edu/HodgeMalek" rel="nofollow">https://oxford.academia.edu/HodgeMalek</a>) which can be used for a better attribution.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your particular coin is defined as Malek 78 and is the sixth series of Umar b. al-Ala&#039;s coins.&nbsp; This is identifiable by the star within a circle in his breast ornament and the name in Arabic.&nbsp; You can read all about this in <i><a href="https://www.academia.edu/41293910/Tabaristan_during_the_Abbasid_period_The_overlapping_coinage_of_the_governors_and_other_officials_144-178H_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/41293910/Tabaristan_during_the_Abbasid_period_The_overlapping_coinage_of_the_governors_and_other_officials_144-178H_" rel="nofollow">Tabaristan during the &#039;Abbasid period: The overlapping coinage of the governors and other officials (144-178H)</a></i>. Here is a clearer example of your coin (<i>this is not my coin):</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1046953[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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