Dating
circa 172 AH (=AD 788-789)
Obverse
AFZWT GDH, Bust of Khusraw II, face replaced by diamond enclosing the Arabic word bakh ('good'), no earring (no ear!), breast ornamentation: four diamond pellet, Pahlavi inscription to left downwards, Arabic inscription to right downwards (ruler), all enclosed by double beaded circle, margin divided into four quadrants by stars-and-crescents, Pahlavi word clockwise in second quadrant, Pahlavi word anti-clockwise in third quadrant
Reverse
HFTSYYST / TPWRSTAN, Zoroastrian fire altar centre, with two attendants right and left standing facing, at the top of the flames rising from the altar, on the left and right a rudimentary, Pahlavi inscription to left downwards (date), Pahlavi inscription to right downwards (mint), all enclosed within a triple beaded circle, the outer margin divided into four quadrants by stars-and-crescents, three pellet triangle in each quadrant