Fire Altar/attendants type [Barbaric Sassanide] coins from Western Baluchistan
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Fire Altar/attendants type [Early Islamic] coins of Eastern Siestan and Zaranj.
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 Unknown type and denomination anonymous lead coins weighing 5 to 10 Grammes with cursive epigraphy imitating Sassanian type King's bust right on obverse; and Fire altar with attendants on reverse. Discovered at Dalbandin in Western Balochistan which was formerly part of Siestan. |
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1) Weight 7.5 Grammes
$ 50 |
2) Weight 7.1 Grammes $ 55 |
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3) Weight 9.7 Grammes $ 55 |
4) Weight 5.3 Grammes $ 55 |
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5) Weight 8.2 Grammes $ 55 |
6) Weight 6.6 Grammes $ 55 |
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7) Weight 9.6 Grammes
$ 55 |
8) Weight 7.9 Grammes $ 60 |
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9) Weight 8.2 Grammes $ 60 |
10) Weight 8 Grammes $ 55 |
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11) Weight 5.5 Grammes $ 55 |
12) Weight 8.5 Grammes $ 65 |
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263- Eastern Siestan [Name (in Q1 outside the margin on obverse) "Uthman" (280) |
264- Eastern Siestan Anonymous AR (Debased) Dirham [clear legible countermark of Al-Layth – Herat?] • citing “Abdullah Wali”- "zarb Zaranj" (180) |
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265- Eastern Siestan AR (Debased) Dirham [“Bismillah” – “Salaha Rida”, (Shi'ite Imam Raza is right)] Clear/legible countermark on reverse in the middle at 7 o'clock = Daud bin Yazid (250) |
266- Eastern Siestan AR (Debased) Dirham Ahmad with "Bismillah" (200) |
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267- Siestan type - Allah Wali- Bismillah - Umar type. (160) |
268- Eastern Siestan AR (Debased) Dirham Two Countermarks (on obverse = Al-Layth and on reverse = Daud bin Yazid - Zarb Zaranj type. (160) |
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| A) With counter-mark of Daud bin Yazid on host coin of Bakad or Badr? ($ 190) | B) Bakad or Badr -Bismillah ($195) |
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| C) Countermarks of Ibrahim Wali and Abu'Layth on host coin Bismillah Zarb Zaranj. ($ 250) | D) Tamim bin Sa'id Wali (220) |
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| E) Bakad or Badr Bismillah Wali (180) | F) Ibrahim Wali and another unknown (Probably Abu'Layth) countermark on Bismillah Zarb Zaranj type (240) |
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| G) Tamim bin Sa'id Bismillah Wali (230) | H) Bakad or Badr Bismillah (230) |
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| I) Bismillah Zarb Zaranj. ($ 170) | J) Ibrahim Wali countermark on Baka'd or Badr Bismillah (250) |
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| 269- Arab Sassani- Tabaristan type (120) | |
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| 270- Anonymous - Tabarastan type (65) | 271- Suleiman (70) |
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| 272- Hani (80) | 273- U'mar (80) |
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| 274- Farkhan son of Dabwayh 711-731 AH - Ispahbads of Tabaristan - (150) | |
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| 276- Anonymous Arab Governor of Tabaristan (70) | 277- Abdullah [Arab Governor of Tabaristan] (90) |
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| 278- Anonymous Arab Governor of Tabaristan (75) | 279- Anonymous Arab Governor of Tabaristan (65) |
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| 280- Hani [Arab Governor of Tabaristan] (80) | 281- Umar [Arab Governor of Tabaristan] (75) |
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| 282- Umar [Arab Governor of Tabaristan] Name in Pahlvi script. (100) | 283- Anonymous Arab Governor of Tabaristan (70) |
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