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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I5
CATALOGUE OF COINS
ISTAKHR . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - I9
PERSEPOLISTERRACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
NAQSH-I RUSTAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9I
FOREWORD
ern Iran." By far the largest number come from the test
* Published in Schmidt, Persepolis II, pp. 110-114; and cf. Schmidt, The
Istakhr
dages. An aerial view of the site (see Plate XIX) shows the
Schmidts excavations.
* Cf. Schmidt, The Treasury of Persepolis, p. 108, and Miles, A brief Report,
P. 492.
P. 492.
* 1,053 were reported in Miles, A brief Report, but two pieces were later
*:***
S:
i*|
!-
t-
Foreword 3
from east to west, and 650 meters from north to south. While
significant a portion of the total area was tested, and one can
occupations.
days: that is, in the late 7th century and throughout the 8th.
categories:
adjoining the test trenches, which were partially excavated, are not indicat-
ed on this plan.
Greek I
Persis I5
Elymais 3
Sasanian 68
Sasanian or Arab-Sasanian I4
Arab-Sasanian 74
Byzantine 2
Umayyad (post-reform) 78
Abbsid partisans 2
Umayyad or Abbsid 58
Abbsid 546
Smnid I
Buyid 3
Seljuq.(?) I
Ilkhnid 2
Autonomous Persian I
Qjr I
Unidentifiable I8I
Io5110
The Abbsid is by far the largest class, and of this class all
but ten coins (nos. 52I, 553, 615, 850856) are dated, or
datable, before the year 200 of the Hijrah (815 A.D.). The
" It will be noted that the highest number in the catalogue is 1046; the
discrepancy is accounted for by the fact that there are five lettered sub-
numbers in the catalogue: 602a and 849a, b, c and d. Thus IO46-#5 = Io51.
present definitive listing and the summary table presented in A brief Re-
port, pp. 492-493; these relatively insignificant changes are the result of
Foreword 5
after the end of the second century H. (at least down to the
were of the second half of the 2nd century. This was true
one without mint name. Three new mints are recorded: Jr,
the specific mint name for the chief town of the district of
Some of these coins bear names of officials and fill gaps in the
ing these generalizations too widely. At Jericho practically all the ex-
pp. 2941); and at Tarsus the majority of the Islamic bronzes were of the
3rd century H. (G. C. Miles, Islamic Coins from the Tarsus Excavations
of 19351937, in The Aegean and the Near East, Studies Presented to Hetty
pp. 297-312.
* Cf. A brief Report, pp. 495496, written before I had discovered the
as the plates will attest, and are for the most part exceed-
*In view of the number of hitherto unknown types among these coins one
local origin may lie beneath the ground on the sites of many other aban-
doned and unexcavated Sasanian and early Arab towns in Iran. Cf. Walker,
Foreword 7
See Plate XX): some 240 specimens. The other 1935 trench
Plate XIX). The large number from the area of the gate
"See Walker, NC 1952, p. 108, and Miles, Kirmn. See also Andr Grabar,
L'Iconoclasme byzantin (Paris, 1957), pp. 6774, for the most recent
and appears to have been placed or lost in the pit toward the
(nos. 327,478 and 562), and the rest, single specimens ranging
(no. I79).
in the Istakhr excavations. One was the lot of ten silver coins
ters below the surface. These coins were stuck together but
7o H., i.e., 686690 A.D. This hoard also was found in the
Foreword 9
Persepolis Terrace
five coins from the PT-3 excavations (1935 season) are of the
Naqsh-i Rustam
Persis I
Sasanian 8
Arab-Sasanian 7
Post-reform Umayyad 3
Abbsid
Ilkhnid
Ilkhnid or successor
Muzaffarid
Unidentifiable Islamic
73
from 596 to 626 A.D. (nos. 49, II-I4, 1617). Several gov-
and 690; and the over-all dates of the hoard are 583695. It is
these coins are very similar and only the literate could have
Arab governor.
*The dates of the Sasanian coins of course are in regnal years, those of the
Foreword II
and Irq.
(nos. 54 and 55) also came from the Naqsh-i Rustam exca-
(the name of Istakhr written out almost in full, and the word
cases the weight was not recorded in the field, or even if re-
are present. In some cases where there are only two or three
The coins from the 1935 and 1936 excavations were origi-
Foreword I3
New York
July 1958
2*
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS
XX (1928).
Michigan, 1954.
1898).
1956.
I954).
I (London, 1921).
I5
I937).
(Cambridge, 1930).
pp. 15617I.
I938.
Chicago, 1939).
Key to Abbreviations 17
1957).
Leyden, 1879-19oI.
tersbourg, 1873.
Walker, Coins from Susa-J. Walker, "Some early Arab and Byzan-
pp. 235-243.
ISTAKHR EXCAVATIONS
(POSTHUMOUS)
AAESANAPOY
(Copenhagen, 1943), no. 1065. For the horned horse symbol see
II. PERSIS
Persian Art (1938), I, pp. 402403, IV, pl. I26, is brief and
Sented here.
I9
from the Ist century after Christ to about 224 A.D., Oxathres
end: 44221.
p. 229, no. 4, pl. XLVIII, I7. Cf. also de Morgan, pp. 4IO to
4II, nos. 49-50, pl. XXXII, 912, assigned to Piruz II, the
Istakhr 2I
II-9IIb, c, d, e AR 22, 21, 21, 23; 1.60, I.00, I.60, I.25. PLATE I
Cf. nos. 37, above, and B. M. Arabia etc., p. 230, nos. IO-II,
lated legend.
after Oxathres).
22
triskeles.
Formal representation
PLATE I
1419, pl. XLVIII, 15; de Morgan, pp. 413414, pl. XXXII, 2226;
between ca. 38 B.C. and 200 A.D. De Morgan describes the reverse
Effaced.
PLATE I
III. ELYMAIS
I-21894 AE I4.
Cf. B. M. Arabia etc., type Ac, 2, p. 278, nos. 58ff., pl. XLI, 26.
Istakhr 23
I21788a AE I4.
PLATE I
IV. SASANIAN
surmounted by globe
Legends: at r. 2 - ite, at 1.
counter-clockwise):
p. 98; Gbl, pp. 105106. Paruck objected to this view (RN 1930, pp. 1-6),
Dirhem.
II-243b AE 16.
Bronze.
of name legend.
I1220 AE 17.
lection (ibid., pl. V, 2 and 4) appear to lack these streamers, but one cannot
tell whether they are actually lacking or whether the specimens were worn
Istakhr 25
V. SASANIAN OR ARAB-SASANIAN
6th7th c.
VI. ARAB-SASANIAN
A. SILVER
a) Umar b. Ubaydullh
I. Ardashir-Khurrah
Ardashir-Khurrah. Dirhem.
2. Bishpur
Dirhem.
Dirhem.
Istakhr 27
Dirhem.
crescent r. of flames.
B. BRONZE
I. Istakhr
Istakhr. Bronze.
22*, * 1-2
served.
Bronze.
rau II. At 1.: ... B-2 . At r.: The space in the center
* Cf. B. M. Arab-Sasanian, pp. 33ff. Note that there are Istakhr dirhems
of 63 (?) there are two probably of this date in the Yale University col-
lection and 66 H.
Istakhr 29
by winged headdress. In
I21727 AE 20.
without attendants.
PLATE III
Beaded border.
1735 AE 17.
without the Caliph's name or title to ca. 670685 (5066 H.), those with
titles to ca. 670690 (5071 H.), those with Abd al-Malik's name to 685
3*
Unvala, Walker, and cf. no. 143, below), but this appears
the dates 16, 20 and 34. The obverse of these coins bears a
* NC 1937.
* Walker, Coins from Susa, pp. 238242; Walker, Bishpr, p. 188(no. XI);
pp. 147158; cf. also idem, Iran in the Ancient East (London and New
* The literature on these Sasanian and Hephthalite coins with the goddess
1939), pp. 697701, fig. 2. There were apparently four of these coins. On
the one illustrated the date is not legible (to me at least). Several correc-
tions should be made in this article: among others, read abi for Abu through-
out; on line 2 of p. 698, read abihi; in footnote I, p. 699, read 242 for 192.
Istakhr 3I
parallel, for the use of the reverse bust with the flaming
nimbus on small bronze coins found not far from Istakhr and
BIS for Bishapur, which, in view of the fact that the coin is
52, 53 and 54. But irrespective of the legends the chief point
have at his command all the data regarding Ziyd's coins and the probable
rupted by headdress.
The present specimen adds3 a a for the first line and the
mint name for the last; it confirms Mansur for the 4th, and
Istakhr 33
dotted circle.
the left is identical with the word at the left of the Pegasus
at Bishapur.
* Walker, NC 1952, pp. 106107, nos. 1 and 2; Miles, Museum Notes VII,
* Ibid., p. 113, no. ANS. 15, and p. 116, no. ANS. 16.
Istakhr 35
Istakhr. Bronze.
margin \) preserved at r.
In 2nd quarter: * ~.
I21579 AE 15.
tendants. At 1.: -- ~2 . . .
served at bottom.
PLATE III
margin \D preserved at r.
and below.
I21596 AE 19.
beaded border.
attendants, obliterated by
border.
166 AE 17.
Istakhr. Bronze.
No legend at r. ? Linear
border.
No. 149 shows traces only of the obverse legend, and the
for the bust faces left, the opposite of the universal Sasanian
Walker, Coins from Susa, pp. 236, 240 and 24I. I have ex-
Istakhr 37
Istakhr P Bronze.
- - - - <>
I-1938a AE 20.
2. Uncertain Mints
II-5II AE (disintegrated).
909 AE 27 (fragmentary).
faced. Bronze.
ed border.
largely obliterated.
9Io AE2I.
Istakhr 39
no. 159 it again looks more like Kufic. With great reserve I
at r. and 1. of center of
*To be sure, there are hybrids of this sort at a slightly later date: cf.
40
border.
I-21793a AE I7.
beaded border.
PLATE IV
dating.
le_-
levi: _2:
Beaded border.
Istakhr 4I
1. Beaded border.
vala read farrox'ih (cf. no. 143, above) and proih, vic-
legend giving the name of the governor (?), the word framilt
Prophte.
interrupted by headdress.
1835 AE 16.
Sasanian attributions.
in a square. -*
J3-2
4U)
border.
Istakhr 43
3. No Mint Name
AJ S 3 a->
aul Sl J.-->
e-A-9 J3-2
common.
VII. BYZANTINE
obverse effaced.
nos. 37.
the coin came from refuse in HE o2, and described the find-
4.
A. Istakhr
ul Al Aul G-:
Istakhr. Fals.
Jl S O
all Si -1.4%
-A-9 J-2
borders.
IIIOO AE I9.
17o AE 20.
242 AE I9.
Istakhr 45
yib. It is therefore clear that Salm and Muslim are the same
person, and our coins establish the fact that Salm is the
of Istakhr.
SI JI N -->
4 &_* cul
I21527 AE 20.
1804 AE 20.
1838b AE2I.
PLATE V
PLATE V
PLATE V
B. Sbr
Dirhem.
*Tabari II, p. 1977: -e c > J-le 51: * ~ll & cl-Cf. Zambaur, p. 46.
- " P. 4
(sic) - , all
J &L= S
hems of Sbr of the same date with the digit spelled a-,
are known.
all L- D -->
borders.
the same as these, although both the drawing and the de-
one was present. Also Walker reads byl instead of the usual
ls, l, but I would not say that on the present specimen this
Istakhr 47
C. Shirz
Ni AJ. N. ".
- all -1.4%
AJ 2%.J- N J3-2
* CA:
years after this latter date the mint becomes active under
7th century.
* In 203 H.; see the summary of the activities of the Frs mint in G. C.
D. Wsit
S1 Jl S -a-4:
J &_- Aul
borders.
1619 AE2I.
Cf. Berlin, no. 2047, and Paris, no. 1520, with 3 annulets
Effaced. -A-4-
2 annulets. Aul
Istakhr 49
Effaced. ...+
J3-2
Aul
I-21651a AE 20.
to be unpublished.
E. No Mint Name
All S -*
all Sl J3-2
-A-9 al
ders.
I1168 (PLATE VI), 230, 295, 319, 394, 575, 660, 886 (PLATE VI),
890, 916.
I21575 (PLATE VI), 1594 (PLATE VI), 1736b, 1738b, 1753, 1765
in Frs.
| Jl S
all S
2-3
Beaded border. -*
J3-2
Aul
Beaded border.
1841 AE 18.
1970 AE 17.
Sasanian dirhem.
Istakhr 5I
F. Mint Effaced
236. Mint and date, if any, effaced. Ca. 90132 H. = ca. 708
- - - - - - Effaced.
[#2
I-21934 AE2I.
J. S. J.*
all Sl J-2
o-A-9 Awl
ders.
See NHR, pp. 1517, and the literature cited there; and
in NHR.
X. UMAYYAD OR ABBASID
XI. ABBASID
A. Arrajn
Ni Ajl S -->
-A-9 al J3-2
Je, S Aul
Margin: U-Lili l- > -- all r- Margin: Je: ' ' ' - 2 S <--le
borders.
the date, in which case there is also a digit, but there is very
a dirhem of the year 187 H. The town was the capital of the
of Frs.
Istakhr 53
B. Ardashir-Khurrah
Khurrah. Fals.
SI J. S. -1.4%
-3 ul J3-2
dinars.
Mosul in the same year and in 134, 135 and 138, of al-Basrah
609.
S1 Jl S
OOO
> -- a *All
4 &_- ** 34
-X- ex-3'l Al
*3 CA-3 &- *-
ders.
NI
etC.
Istakhr 55
> --> 3 ul
4 &L=
__3=-
was taken to mean the district," and that on these coins the
min Frs (nos. 581609, below), but otherwise the mint name
N J| N -*
N - all J3-2
<! &A
ul
-* < J.
s.v. al-Rabi'. Zambaur (Manuel, p. 6) gives the date of his second vizirate
as ca. 166, although Atiya says he never was vizier under al-Mahdi.
ders.
1641c AE 18.
Istakhr and Fas struck in the same year (nos. 478489 and
dashir-Khurrah. Fals.
-1-3 wi ul J- all
* Tiesenhausen, no. 1336. The word beneath the reverse was not legible
Istakhr 57
linear circles.
1955 AE 16.
Effaced. -1.4%
J-2
<ul
I21590 AE 20.
C. Istakhr
-1.4% ...+
J3-2 J3-2
Aul Aul
borders. borders.
1652 AE 20.
1897 AE 19.
4. All-
-e ul are
ca-31 - all
ls,'
II-63 AE 18.
-*
J3-2
al
nulets O.
I21627a AE 18.
1706 AE 18.
1836b AE 18.
N. J. S.
> *-* *
4&2
*l 4-4-1 Je J.
-i.<>
J3-2
Aul
* CA-213 J-# *-
Istakhr 59
Khurrah.
Istakhr. Fals.
N J. N. -*
-3 u! J3- )
J & AN Aul
[* ...<] * CA-3', C *-
PLATE VIII
Istakhr. Fals.
N| All N -*
- ul J3-2
J 253,29 Awl
O on outer circle.
N| All N *All
nulets O.
circles.
Istakhr 6I
II-17, 75, 92, II3 (PLATE IX), 160, I86, 199, 210, 252, 300, 354,
366, 425, 516, 521, 561, 604, 645, 655b, 884, 887, 893a, 901,
I21525, 1550, 16II, 1621 (PLATE IX), 1624, 1643, 1647, 1651b,
1702, 1703b (PLATE IX), 1711a (PLATE IX), 1712 (PLATE IX),
1807, 1822a, 1838d, 1853b, 1855, 1861, 1872a, 1874 (PLATE IX),
N1 J| N *All
- ul ** 3-4
+ :2
der.
929a, I7.
5*
OOO
*All
-* &+ll
&-3M >
:2
I21682a AE 17.
1916 AE 16.
N J S. o
- Aul *All
J &L's -* &-all
*: &-51 -
beaded border. +
Alternating O O and O
to the first variety, but with an error in the first line of the
Istakhr 63
SI JI N -*
- ul J3-2
A 4.2% 4U)
& J.
*3 &#, G#1 *-
borders.
Aul 4- $1 &#
borders.
the obverse.
I-21857a AE 20.
D. Al-Ahwz
Fals.
SI JI N
-1-3 dul
A 4.2%
* (*) co->
borders.
E. Birmqubadh
4. Al l- ...+
Istakhr 65
times.
learn that the mint was still active under this name as late
F. Madinat Balkh P
new Umayyad Mint, in ANS Museum Notes IV, pp. 115120, for a
etc.
G. Tawwaj
...+  *-
J3-2 
all *3
borders. borders.
TeVerSe area.
sent on the coin at the point where the mint name lies. To
between the 2 and the @ of the name; but on the other side
wider than the flan originally was at this point, and that no
chief claim to fame in later Islamic times was its textile pro-
* Baldhuri, p. 386; Yqt, I, pp. 890-891; Hudid al-Alam, pp. 74, 127,
212, 377 (spelled Tavaz); Frsnm, pp. 114, 135, 163; cf. Le Strange,
pp. 259-260.
Istakhr 67
from Tawwaj.
also to the Abbsid partisans, were it not for the fact that
the reverse margin bears the name and title, amir al-
(1943), pp. 8384 (also pp. 8182), and IX (1942), p. 68, XV-XVI (1951),
' #. nos. 256257, above, and the literature cited there. To the list in
of Jayy, 129 H., which have come to my attention (Cora and E. Zygman
H. Jayy
Fals.
S1 Jl S Effaced.
- all
4 &L=S
borders. borders.
the reverse area of the Paris piece is the name a-2, and the
reverse margin reads: &# 2. J., cull & co-il. A le. I have
I. Sbr
Istakhr 69
ul Alai- 2312 cy
O between.
Sbr) are well know; among others see nos. Io9134, 190 to
Fals.
*u- 2l-
s-all 2 C-
&-31 - 3 CA-
- - - - - *.
borders?) effaced.
NI JI N J%
- ul -->
% all
nulets O.
I21520/3 AE 17.
1520/54 AE 18.
1690d AE 18.
1977b AE 18.
Istakhr 7I
Ni Ali S. . . . . .
* . . . . . all
borders. ... 2
I21606b AE 17.
J. Madinat Samarqand
qand. Dirhem.
K. Shirz
Shirz. Fals.
N. Ji S Sl 4. A le
- ul ul -i-e A*
%&
* CA-3  *-
borders. borders.
nection with events of the year 158 H., but this is 34 years
See no. 193, above, for an earlier issue of the Shirz mint.
Istakhr 73
L. Frs
Ni Al S -*
4 &L=} ul
5 annulets O.
M. Fas
*All *_
-* (s-all A*
&-31 2- l-i.
v-/ *L,"
borders.
1875b AE 19.
Shirz. Like Tawwaj (see no. 504, above) it was well known
yad times, and dirhems are known of the years 79, 80 and
as I know, the only bronze issues of the mint that have come
to light.
* B.M. i., p. 206, no. 120; Berlin, nos. 215I-8; Paris, nos. 162021;
* B.M. ix, p. 45, no. 88t; Berlin, nos. 7812; Paris, no. 691.
Istakhr 75
Sl All N -*
*-i- wi J3-2
al & S Aul
-* J% J.
borders.
(no. 520).
St Ji S -*
-3 ul J3-2
J 22.2% Aul
border.
1592b AE 20.
area: 2 2-.
545 AE 23.
TeVerSe.
Istakhr 77
mint name, although he did read the first part of it, Krah.
Mecca.
times the chief town of the district. 108 The five kilrahs or
this new official name for the old Sasanian district was
vogue is provided by the issues of 167 H., only six years later,
"Cf. the discussion under nos. 317318, above; also nos. 319323, and
* Le Strange, p. 248.
Ardashir-Khurrah with Shirz; it was not until later that Shirz became
Muhammadiyah, after his given name, in 148 and for many years there-
6*
336).
O. Al-Muhammadiyah
madiyah. Fals.
NHR no. 7o G.
Dirhem.
II-97 AR 22.
P. Madinat al-Salm
al-Salm. Dirhem.
Dirhem.
Istakhr 79
Salm. Dirhem.
Q. Madin al-Shsh
R. Wsit
Wsit. Fals.
Effaced.
1957 AE 20.
to be unpublished.
S. No Mint Name
Fals.
Sl All S -*
- ul J3-2
A 2&_* > al
interrupted by 3 pairs of
annulets OO .
178oe AE.
T. Mint Effaced.
Dirhem.
coinage of al-Mahdi.
Istakhr 8I
effaced. Fals.
S1 Jl S ... S 4 All-
*. . . . . . . . . .
borders.
I21849b AE 17.
1886b AE 17.
Abbsid characteristics.
I2190I AR.
effaced. Dirhem.
I21585 AR.
1722 AR.
II643 AE 17.
I-21952 AE.
XII. SAMANID
-3 w! c-5." Al J, 23-
*.*, c.. . . . . . . . . .
XIII. BUYID
. . . . All . . . . .
Istakhr 83
|- - - - - - _* . . . ." U-3
. . . .4.2 . . . . . j6 3.
I21674 AE.
1763a AR (frg.).
XIV. SELJUQ?
Dinar fragment.
XV. ILKHANID
Si J S . . . . . . .
...+ ...&lal-ll
- - - - - - ca: *- J
...l- d.
C &:
&l- *L*
TeVerSe.
and 7.4x.
Isfahn. Bronze.
XVII. QAJAR
Irn. Bronze.
I21592a AE 19.
XVIII. UNIDENTIFIABLE
* B. Spuler, Die Mongolen in Iran (Berlin, 1955), pp. 129 and 133, lists
this mint but does not indicate whether or not it has been identified.
I. SASANIAN
II:30 o'clock):
Cf. Paruck, nos. 37 ff., plates II and III. Note that the
Dirhem.
- ; at 1. --~~~.
II. ARAB-SASANIAN
Zaranj. Dirhem.
85
"Dra tendants. At r. , ; at
--~~ 1. <!--.
III. UMAYYAD
Sabur (?).
. . . .] N ()23'-
... Sl -1.4%
. . -A-9 J3-2
ul
IV. ABBASID
a) Istakhr
Istakhr. Fals.
Arab-Sasanian, p. 32, no. M.20, year 69) is not fully described; but two
Society (years 66? and 69) have : and "... respectively. Both incidentally
Persepolis Terrace 87
above.
b) Al-Abbsiyah
Dirhem.
beneath, a 3.2
As is the case with almost all the coins of this mint the
c) Mint Effaced
effaced. Fals.
PT-5838 AE 17.
V. ILKHANID
effaced. Bronze.
PT-7227 AE 16.
(sic) Ju-Ji *
(sic) --> *
<l al- #.
In segments between
*...- 3...?
and fabric.
PT-3Io AE 23.
I8 AE I6.
19 AE 25.
VII. MUZAFFARID
Dirhem.
rounding inscription:
Persepolis Terrace 89
Aul - .C.' *_
scroll
VIII. TIMURID
- - - - - - - Within ornamental
- - - - - - exj... 5'-->
a) Shirz
Shirz. Bronze.
5'--> -->
b) Uncertain Mint
See illustration.
effaced. Bronze.
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X. UNIDENTIFIABLE ISLAMIC
A.D. Bronze.
PT-36 AE 17.
I. PERSIS
Border of dots.
II. SASANIAN
A. SILVER118
reigns.
7 9I
Dirhem.
at 1. ..auseus" .
Dirhem.
r.-CA.; at 1. U---.
Naqsh-i Rustam 93
Dirhem.
Dirhem.
Dirhem.
7*
Dirhem.
Dirhem.
Paruck's no. 2 (AB, Abrashahr?), his nos. 186 and 208 (un-
Kirmn province.
Dirhem.
B. BRONZE
NRI-45AE 16.
5I AE 27.
56 AE 13.
Naqsh-i Rustam 95
NRI-49 AE 17.
58 AE 18. 63 AE 16.
III. ARAB-SASANIAN
A. SILVER
a) Anonymous
the margin.
b) Abdullah b. Zubayr
I. Ardashir-Khurrah
shir-Khurrah. Dirhem.
* Yezdigird era.
2. Kirmn
Kirmn. Dirhem.
c) Ziyd b. abi-Sufyan
d) Ubaydullah b. Ziyd
Basrah. Dirhem.
r. of flames.
Naqsh-i Rustam 97
e) Umar b. 'Ubaydullah
I. Bishapr
Bishpr. Dirhem.
above.
Dirhem.
Dirhem.
above.
margin.
2. Uncertain Mint
Dirhem.
* This coin, now among those belonging to the Oriental Institute, was
found in the envelope marked NRI-9/36, but the field inventory card for
(see no. 53, below). Obviously at some point two coins and envelopes were
only five specimens of this issue, as one of the others listed above (now in
Naqsh-i Rustam 99
no. 45a and p. cxxv) reads NIH (?) for Nihvand, but I find
that is, Weh-Shhpuhr P The fact that all the other coins of
f) Atiyah b. al-Aswad
= Kirmn. Dirhem.
r. of flames.
Dirhem.
p. 263).
no. 29, which however lack the Pahlevi legend in the 3rd
(ANS 57.84) with " in the 3rd quarter of the obverse and
g) Qatari b. al-Fujah
Sasanian.
* This is the coin which originally bore the field number NRI-9/36. Cf.
B. BRONZE
a) Istakhr
Istakhr. Bronze.
nos. 6, 13, 15. The almost complete spelling out of the mint
weights.
* B. M. Arab-Byzantine, p. 51.
* E.g., at al-Rayy in IoI, 104, IIo and 116 H. (NHR, nos. 2628, 30);
and for others, with or without mint name, cf. B. M. Arab-Byzantine, index.
b) Uncertain Mint
faced. Bronze.
obverse since it bears the first part of the shahadah and the
on the other side of the coin, I would judge that the word is
mutilate the face, which one may assume had by this time
iconoclastic sentiment.
mint. Bronze.
by a Pahlevi-writing artisan.
a) Istakhr
b) Wsit
Ni Al S -->
* 23.2 <ul
linear border.
c) Uncertain Mint
Fals.
NRI-55 AE 19.
V. ABBASID
a) Ardashir-Khurrah (?)
(*). - .***k,
NR152 AE 20.
b) Fas
above.
*@.
c) Madinat al-Salm
Dirhem.
e) Mint Effaced
Fals.
* CA-. . . .
ed border. Annulets?
NR250 AE2I.
Fals.
- ul -->
linear borders.
NR23c AE 18.
A.D. Fals.
NRI-47 AE 19.
VI. ILKHANID
effaced. Bronze.
3.
--
2-le
by circle: . . . . .
Si Al N -->
--> <ul *
VIII. MUZAFFARID
Shirz. Bronze.
dots:
l: (*). . Le
al- 5'-->
Evidently unpublished.
- - - - - *J-le
oe-o
UNIDENTIFIABLE ISLAMIC
- - - - - - - Negative impression of
C.M.J.''' obverse.
border of dots.
NRI-57 AE 18.
NR-2I2 AE I8.
ISTAKHR
# #3 #3 #
Io8
#: #: #: #3
23 23 2 3 25
#: #: #: #3
25 23 23 2 <3
#: #: #: #:
#3 #3 25 23
#3 #3 #3 #3
5. . . E.:
#3 #5 #3 #5
#3 #3 #3 #3
PERSEPOLIS TERRACE
IO II 64 I 838 8 227 9
I9 II 388 4 845 Io
NAQSH-I RUSTAM
#5 #3 #3 #5
9/2 5 9/2I 38 47 67 2 54
9/3 II 9/22 39 48 58 3a 6I
9/4 I7 9/2339 49 2I 3b 55
9/5 I2 9/24 49 5o 62 3c 66
9/6 14 9/25:50 5I 18 I2 73
9/7 16 9/26/4I 52 60 15 Io
9/8 9 9/2741 53 I 17 68
9/9 13 9/28/4I 54 64 26 7o
9/10 7 9/29 47 55 59 30 57
9/11 8 9/30 47 56 18 38 15
9/126 9/3I4I 57 72 48 22
9/1330 9/324I 58 22 5o 65
9/1433 9/3346 59 56 5I 3
9/1534 9/3451 6o 22 54 7I
9/1631 9/3552 6I 22 57 2
9/1835 45 18 63 22
9/1935 46a 22
2nd c. A.D.
224241 A.D.
388-399 A.D.
420438 A.D.
581 A.D.
583 A.D.
587 A.D.
590628 A.D.
596 A.D.
6th7th c. A.D.
605 A.D.
606 A.D.
615 A.D.
617 A.D.
62o A.D.
622 A.D.
623 A.D.
624 A.D.
626 A.D.
31 H.
ca. 5080 H.
53 H.
ca. 6080 H.
ca. 6085 H.
ca. 6090 H.
62 H.
63 H.
ca. 6372 H.
66 H.
67 H.
68 H.
69 H.
6X H.
7o H.
ca. 7090 H.
73 H.
2O-I
INDEX OF DATES
74 H.
75 H.
ca. 7578 H.
ca. 80-85 H.
ca. 8o-Ioo H.
ca. 80-IIo H.
ca. 8012o H.
ca. 80-132 H.
8I H.
86-96 H.
ca. 9012o H.
ca. 90132 H.
93 H.
ca. IOO-I32 H.
Io4 H.
II4 H.
II6 H.
IIX. H.
I2I H.
124 H.
I26 H.
ca. I27132 H.
ca. 129 H.
130 H.
Index of Dates
II7
I6X H.
17o H.
171 H.
180 or 18X H.
I82 H.
183 H.
184 H.
190 H.
191 H.
192 H.
193 H.
198 H.
2nd c. H.
2OI H.
205 H.
213 H.
232247 H.
256279 H.
272 H.
3rd c. H.
7o
71
79
68
78
8I
71
71
73
Io5
8I
8I
8I
812
38X H.
c. H.
ca. 5th c. H.
ca. 7oo75o H.
716736 H.
730 H.
737 H.
740744 H.
765786 H.
ca. 7908oo H.
8th C. H.
after 8th C. H.
9th c. H.
IIth12th c. H.
12th13th c. H.
12501264 H.
Abarqubadh 65
al-Abbsiyah 87
Adharbayjn 55, 74
Antioch 43
95, 104
Arrn 55
ART 24, 95
Bahrayn 69
Balkh 65, 67
Birmgubdh 64, 65
97, 98, 99
BJRA 96
Bukhr 82
Constantinople 43
DAP 96
DARAWM 100
DARTM 100
Dijlah 69
DR 92
Dujayl 89
Elymais 223
Filstin 55
Firzbd 53, 77
al-Furad 69
* The pages on which excavation coins of a given mint are described appear
Gr 53
Idhaj 88
Irn 84
Irminiyah 55
Isfahn 84
37, 44, 45, 47, 50, 53, 556, 57, 58, 59,
Jayy 67, 68
Kzirn 667
Khursn 30, 72
Khuzistn 89
KRMAN IOO
KRMAN-RB 99
KRMAN-NHR 99
KRMNRMAN 96
al-Kfah 445
Macedonia I9
Madin al-Shsh 79
Ml-Amir (Malamir) 89
Mecca 77
Merv 67, 92
MR 92
al-Muhammadiyah 77, 78
Nahr-Tir 92,93, 95
II9
NI 98
NISP 98
Persis 1922, 91
Ratin River 66
RD 92, 93
Rd-i Hilla 66
77, 86
Samarqand 71
Shpr 30, 39
Shirajan 85,94
$I 85
R 94
Shush 334, 41
Sijistn 55
Susa 19
Tabaristn 55
Tanbk 52
TART 25
al-Taymarah 67
Tustar 89
Umn 69
VISP 98
Weh-Shhpuhr 99
zR 85,94
105,106, 107
Ash'ath 32-3, 41
667
Abdullah b. Mu'awiyah 67
Abu-Muslim 51, 67
Ahmad b. Manr 82
Alexander III 19
al-Amin 65
Ardashir I 22, 85
Atiyah b. al-Aswad 99
Bahram IV 91
Bahram V 91
Bishr b. Marwn 34
al-Fadl b. Sahl 71
Fakhr al-Dawlah 82
Gocithres 20
al-Hdi 69
al-Hajjj b. Yusuf 34
al-Hakam b. abi'l-s 65
Hrn b. Muhammad 59
Heraclius 43
Hormizd IV 92
al-Husayn b. al-Jannah 68
Kapat 21
Khosrau I 24
86, Io45
Mahmd 89
al-Ma'mun 79
Manr 32, 74
Manr b. Nh 82
37-8
Muhammad Shh 84
Shakhir 56
al-Musayyib b. Zuhayr 72
Muslim b. al-Musayyib 45
al-Mu'tamid 81
al-Mutawakkil 81
Napat 21
Narseh 23
Nusayr al-Wasif 75
Orodes 22
Oxathres 20I
Pakur 201
Papek 91
Phraates 22
Piruz I 20
Samsm al-Dawlah 82
Talhah b. Abdullh 35
Tiberius II 43
Timr Grkhn 89
Togh Timr 84
al-Walid I 389
Yazid 87
Yazid b. . . . . . 40
Yezdigird III 95
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89 A.
66 gy
89 &S$ 2-3
196 ur -- 3:
83 2-38 ''
5' cl-2'
82 22:- J -
52 &l=>
5860 al A-l
69 Al Alai- 89 g:
65 Sui->
8O ele
I22
84, 88 & 2
ico N'-y
63, 75 g4 J A*
55, 75 ** JF
64 . . . . J. Af
52, 79 . . . . . . LAft
89 2,
69 &-4)
73, 104 a.
59 x* J. C.A.
84 &l-du-
Io7 8->
84, 88 2: &#
68 le J. Clu-
83 <!-All fla-
63 &
57-8, 64 Al Aze
71 --" J. Alae
89, Io? A ke
73-4 Jou:
83 Aball -->
83 all suill
*A \ \xi <!-- y J.
51,66 &A
38 <!' 68 A:Y,
40, 87 x 3. 99 -\\ },
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