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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-S1014 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Sulaiman; Tabarestan Denomination: Dirham Place made: Asia: Iran, Tabarestan Culture: Arab-Sasanian Date made: PYE 137 / AH 172 / 788-9 AD Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 2.35 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5078, A. H. Baldwin, 9th February 1966, ex. Thorburn Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of ruler, Sasanian-type, with rosette above both shoulders, but instead of face there is a diamond; crown of Khusrau II; ribbons flowing from behind l. and r. shoulder; single pellet border; crescent and six-pointed star at 90, 180 and 270 degrees outside border. Reverse: Fire altar, flanked by two attendants, Khusrau II-type, facing; triple pellet border; crescent and star at 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees; ∴ at 45, 135, 225 and 315 degrees. Inscriptions: Obverse: سليمن (Sulaiman) بخ (Wonderful) [In Pahlavi] [Symbol for Xvarrah] AFZNT (May his glory increase) AFD (Praise!) IIUI (?). Reverse: HFTSIVST (137) TPRSTAN (Tabarestan). Bibliography: Walker (1941) p.145 N.287.
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3 Related People | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Tabarestan Iranian | |
| Sulaiman Arabian | |
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