ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 4.00 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type. Citing governor ʿUmar ibn ʿUbayd Allah (AH 67-72 / AD 686-691), BYŠ (Bishapur), AH 68 = 687/8. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE ʾp̄zwt’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾwml Y / ʾwbytʾlʾʾn’ (‘ʿUmar ibn ʿUbayd Allah’ in Pahlavi); in outer margin, ‘li-llāh al-ḥamd’ (‘Praise to Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, BYŠ (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 21. Areas of weakness and with some deposits, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s.