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ABASID GOVERNORS OF TABARISTAN, 'Umar b. al-'Ala. Tabari dirham. (Ar. 1.94g/24mm). 128 PYE = 163H = 779/80 AD Tabaristan. (Album 56). Obverse: Bust with winged crown facing right, Sassanian type, with star inside a circle on the chest and crescent on the shoulder, behind legend in palavhi: GDH (Explendour), in front 'UMAR in Arabic. On the outside, at 2 o'clock, 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock, crescent and star. Below right the word palavhi: ADB (Excellent) and left NEK (Good). Rev: Fire altar flanked by two priests, on the right: Tapurstan (Tabaristan), and on the left: year of minting: 128 PYE (Post Yazgard Era) within 3 borders, on the outside, at 12h, 3h, 6h and 9h crescent and star, and in the middle of these borders 3 triangular-shaped dots. VF+. Rare.