Umayyad Dirham (Minted in Tabaristan, 102 AH) – Reign of Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik
<p>Tabaristan sheltered behind the rugged mountain trench of the Alborz range overlooking the Caspian Sea, holding out long against conquest and settling instead for political arrangements based on a token tribute.</p><p>This near-independent nature of the province explains the exceptional, extreme rarity of this silver piece, reflecting a narrow and limited monetary tie to the caliphate's central administration.</p><p>The piece offers researchers a rare opportunity to study the mechanisms of economic exchange in geographically isolated provinces.</p>
102 AH