ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 3.68 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type. Citing governor ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmir (circa AH 41-45 = 661-664), DA.P (Darabgird, Fasa), AH 43 = 663/4. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE ʾp̄zwt'’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾp̄dwlʾ / Y ʾmwlʾn’ (‘ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmir’ in Pahlavi); in outer margin, ‘bism Allāh’ (‘In the name of Allah’ in Kufic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, DA.P (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 6. Rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, about very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Morton & Eden 103, 24 October 2019, 101.