ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 3.41 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmir (circa AH 41-45 = 661-664), DA (Darabgird), AH 43 = AD 663/4. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing an 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 Arabic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, DA (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 6. Rare. Light doubling, otherwise, good extremely fine.

Ex Album 46, 15 May 2023, 1676.