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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I had to get one, after they have been posted lately.Thanks Chris, Anoob..  Tabaristan...711- 789.AD. Half Dirham,AR.. Abbassio Governors of Tabaristan.. 23mm x 1.63g.. This is a awesome looking coin...   
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
I know less than nothing about these coins, I'd better stay away for my own safety. Congrats.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1549 Posts |
Frank Robinson? Yours is better. One of my areas of flatness hit the word Tabaristan on the reverse right.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4973 Posts |
that's an awesome looking coin indeed!  pretty thin aren't they? glad I could help...or make it worse...which ever one I did.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2044 Posts |
That's definitely a nice coin. I'm going to add that to my list for future coins to get.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1316 Posts |
Doug, your bust is better, I picked this up with 2 others from.. Plug..Ephesus Numismatics, he has a few more.. ... wait to see my next coin..  ...way cool... |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Those are interesting! The alphabet is completely unknown to me...I didn't realize writing was on the reverse. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1549 Posts |
This is another example of a hoard being dispersed. All of a sudden, many dealers have them at reasonable prices compared to what they were a few years ago. When they are gone they will return to being obscure but I have no idea if that is a few months or 20 years. Did they find a hundred or a million?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
A very interesting coin....I am glad my posts are starting to get others interested in the same coinage that interests me...I like how Tapuria imitated the coinage of the former Sassanian Empire I found this really neat expert on good ol' wikipedia.... When the Sassanid empire fell, Yazdegerd III escaped to Tapuria to make use of the Mazanderani's bravery and resistance to repel the Arabs. By his order, AdarVelash (the last Zarmehrian king) ceded the dominion to Ispahbod Gil Jamaspi in 645 CE, while western and Southern Gilan and other parts of Gil's domain merged under the name of Tapuria. He then chose Amol as capital of United Tapuria in 647 CE. The dynasty of Gil was known as Gavbareh in Gilan, and as the Dabuyans in eastern Tapuria.
Tabaristan was one of the last parts of Persia to fall to the Muslim Conquest, maintaining resistance until 765.[1] Even afterwards, Tabaristan remained virtually independent of the Caliphate.[2][page needed]
Farrukhan the Great (the fourth king of the Dabuyans), who was crowned after Khorshid I, expanded Tapuria to eastern parts of today's Turkmenistan and repulsed the Turks around 725 CE.
By the 770s, the Dabuyan dynasty of Tabaristan was prosperous enough to mint coins under Umar ibn al-Ala (771â€"780). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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awesome coin! ( I was chompin' at the bit to comment on this puppy!!)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
I too personally love this coin, one of my favorites posted in recent weeks.
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Valued Member
United States
110 Posts |
A truly striking coin and now fortunately is on my list. The last of the era with these coins. Wonderful story, yet again.
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Posted 12/03/2012 11:19 pm
