{"product_id":"scarce-silver-hemidrachm-governor-sulayman-787-88-ce-abbasid-tabaristan-28","title":"Scarce silver hemidrachm, Governor Sulayman (787-88 CE), Abbasid Tabaristan","description":"\u003cp\u003eSilver hemidrachm of governor Sulayman bin Musa (787-788 CE), 137 PYE\/788 CE, Caliph Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSassanian-style design, but with the bust replaced with a diamond frame inscribed with arabic \"Bakh\" (\"good\"). The diamond is crowned with a Sassanian winged crown surmounted by star and crescent, crescents with stars, Pehlavi words GDE 'pzwty (combined to mean roughly \"may kingship increase\", left of bust), governor's name \u003cem\u003eSulayman \u003c\/em\u003ein arabic to the right, Pehlavi words NYKW (\"Good\" lower left) and APD (\"Excellent\" in lower right) \/\/ Fire altar with two attendants standing facing, crescents on their heads, mint name in Pehlavi (\u003cem\u003etpwlst'n\u003c\/em\u003e for \"Tabaristan\") to the right, date written out in Pehlavi to the left (137 Post-Yazdegard Era = 788 CE). 23mm, 2.00 grams. Malek 101-105; Album #65; \u003cspan class=\"bibliografia\"\u003eWalker, Arab-Sasanian, 287; Numista\u003c\/span\u003e #45961.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSulayman held to the Koranic stricture against portraiture, substituting an abstract design contained within a diamond for the portrait on the Sasanian-style bust. His coins are scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoins are dated in the post-Yazdigerd era (PYE) calendar, PYE = AH - 34.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NumisMall.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51714000814395,"sku":"x3879-76323","price":36.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/files\/w76323_dfcf616f-2a21-4cc1-a147-73bc2b2abceb.jpg?v=1789745193","url":"https:\/\/www.numismall.com\/products\/scarce-silver-hemidrachm-governor-sulayman-787-88-ce-abbasid-tabaristan-28","provider":"NumisMall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}