A Historical Analysis of Three Arab-Sassanid Coins of Bišāpur

Arab-Sassanidcoins were minted after the conquest of Iran by Muslims in the style of Sassanidcoins with a Kufic border margin. Most of the coins of the Arab conquerors were silver, but next to them, a large number of copper coins have been found, which often have a great variety of designs. In a few copper coins, there is the name of the mint, the year of coinage, and the name of the ruler. Sometimes in the coins, we come across letters that have not been mentioned in historical texts. These letters make it difficult to identify many copper coins. The subject of the present study was to examine 3 types of Arab-Sassanid copper coins which had the phrase Abād/Azād Bišāpur with a hybrid image on the reverse. As these three coins had no date, this research aimed to answer these questions: is it possible to set a time limit for them considering the chronology of the coins minted in Bišāpur? Does the phrase of the reverse have a special meaning? Or does it just indicate the name of the mint? And is the right word of the obverse the name of the ruler of the area?