Description

Tabaristan (‘Abbasid governors). Umar b. al-‘Ala (AH 155-165 / AD 771-780). AR Hemidrachm (1.83g/ 24mm). TPWLSTAN (Tabaristan) mint. Dated PYE 129 = AH 164 (AD 780). ‘Umar in Pahlavi before bust / Star to left, crescent to right of altar flames. Album-55. Very fine.