ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 3.75 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, DA (Darabgird), 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, ‘mʾʾwyʾ ʾmwl / Y wlwyšnykʾn’, i.e. ‘Māʾāwyā amīr ī wurrōyišnīgān’ (‘Muʿawiya, the Commander of the Believers’ 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 (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 14. Rare. Nicely toned. Some deposits and with minor edge chipping, otherwise, about extremely fine.