On Some Sassanian and Arab-Sassanian Seals and Coins

This paper deals with a number of words written on two Sassanian seals and three Arab-Sassanian coins. The study of the Sassanian seals reveals two hitherto unknown Middle Persian titles: mayhārān-sālār ‘chief of wine merchants’ and wīrbed ‘chief of men’. The author discusses a few historical and cultural points concerning Arab-Sassanian coins, and then introduces the oldest known Middle Persian equivalents of the Arabic phrases العزة لله and the shahādatayn, i. e. لااله الا الله، محمّد رسول الله.