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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sobris, post: 2313664, member: 76852&quot;]It seems like you want to hear the continued story about the coin from Tabaristan <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First about the denomination, which we call 1/2 Drachm with a weight of around 2 g. The old Sasanian system had full drachms at about 4 g, and the 1/2 drachms were very rare during the Sasanian Dynasty. The Sasanian empire fell in 651 when Yazdgerd III was killed. With this coin we move 137 years in history, where the new weight standard of the muslim dirham of 3 g has been established for about 100 years. The Arab-Tabaristan coins are all 1/2 Drachms according to the old Sasanian standard, but the denomination is not written on the coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the language: The name of the governor is written in Kufic Arabic, all other text is Middle Persian language and Pahlavi script. I have already talked about the year and the mint written on the reverse, but there is more Pahlavi text on the obverse. Behind the portrait we find the text &quot;APZWT GDH&quot;, which is usually interpreted as &quot;May his glory increase&quot;. In the margin at four o´clock there are three letters &quot;APD&quot;, meaning &quot;excellent&quot; and at eight o&#039;clock we find four letters &quot;NWKW&quot;, that says &quot;Good&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will also say something about a special symbol that is found all over the place on both obverse and reverse and that is the triangle of pearls. On the obverse we find it in the necklace and there should be a third pearl in the earring too. On the reverse the symbol is repeated four times around the margin. This is the symbol of the god Tishtrya, who is connected to the star Sirius. Sirius together with two other stars, Procyon and Betelgeuse, form the constallation &quot;The Winter Triangle&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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