787 AD - 789 AD

Abbasid Caliphate   Governors of Tabaristan
Sulayman bin Musa  171 AH - 173 AH

½ Dirham AR 23
 SHH 63

63 Sulayman bin Musa Abbasid Governor of Tabaristan ½ Dirham AR

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Provenance
 1.84 g   22.1-22.7 mm   0.5 eqmm   8:00 o'clock   VF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 20.6, rev. 19.0 MS/m
Facing pseudo-bust with lozenge in place of head; "slymn" in Arabic to right;
"'pd" in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin; "nwk'" in Pahlavi to lower left;
all within border border line; decorative symbols with stars around.
Fire altar with attendants flanking; pellets flanking flames, date to left, mint to right;
triple circle border with alternating star-in-crescent and triple pellet motifs around
dated 137 PYE = 172 AH
 Album 65; ICV 111; Malek 101.1/8; Mitchiner 280
Ex Teresa Darling WCNC, 15.8.2003