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Coinage of Issued under Caliph al-Mahdi

1 catalogued issue of Issued under Caliph al-Mahdi — metal, weight, mint, obverse and reverse descriptions with references.

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Arab-Sasanian & Early Islamic · 651 – 1258 CE

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Tabaristan Hemidrachm (Abbasid Era)

Issued under Caliph al-Mahdi

AH 158–169 / 775–785 CE

Long after the Arab conquest the Caspian province of Tabaristan retained semi-autonomous local dynasties (Dabuyids, then Abbasid governors) who continued striking Sasanian-style half-drachms with Pahlavi script — among the latest survivals of pre-Islamic Iranian coinage, well into the late 8th century.

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