Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Talha b. 'Abdallah. fl. AH 64-66 / AD 683-685. AR Drachm (32.8mm, 4.03 g, 10h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 64 (AD 683/4). Obverse margin: — /
Talha lillah ∵ / ∴ — / • —. Malek,
Arab-Sasanian 996; SICA 1, —; Album 26. Near EF. Rare.
Talha b. ‘Abdallah was appointed governor in Sistan in AH 62. Some written sources state that he died in AH 64, but coins in his name were struck until at least AH 66. He was one of the first governors whose name appears on the coinage in Arabic as well as Pahlawi, adopting Talha lillah, (‘God’s Talha’) as the obverse marginal legend.
