ARAB-SASANIAN COINS. Arab-Sasanian is a term applied to several different coinages of early Islamic Iran which were issued under Arab…

DINAR (NPers. dīnār, Mid. Pers dēnār < Lat. denarius aureus), a gold coin. i. In pre-Islamic Persia. ii. In Islamic…

DIRHAM (< Gk. drakhmē´ “drachma”; Mid. Pers. drahm, Pers. derham), a unit of silver coinage and of weight. i. In…

COINS AND COINAGE (Arabo-Pers. sekka, سکّه), standardized units of metal used as a medium of exchange, first introduced into Persia…