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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 3978071, member: 74799&quot;]Here is one you normally don&#039;t see.&nbsp; Its a recent acquisition and I have been spending some time putting together a proper attribution. Unfortunately, Book Pahlavi is yet to be encoded in Unicode, so I can&#039;t render that.&nbsp; There is still some room for improvement...</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan: Muqātil (PYE 136-141 / AH 171-176 / AD 788-792) Æ Unit, Tabaristan, PYE 139 (Album 68; Malek 124.1-8) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Crowned Sasanian style bust facing right; GDH &#039;pzwt in Pahlavi left and مقاتل (Muqātil) in Arabic right of bust; &#039;pd and nwk&#039; in Pahlavi in Q2/Q3 obverse margins; breast ornament with 4 pellets</p><p>Rev: nw&#039;sywst&#039; (PYE 139) left and <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Tapurstan.png/90px-Tapurstan.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> (Tabaristan) right; Fire altar flanked by attendants; star left and crescent right of flames</p><p>Dim: 17mm; 0.80 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Malek-124_1-8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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