ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 3.90 g, 12 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor ʿUbayd Allah ibn Ziyad (AH 54-64 / AD 673-683), DA (Darabgird), AH 52 (frozen date) = AD 672. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt'’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾwbydwlʾ / Y zyyʾtʾn’ (‘ʿUbayd Allah ibn Ziyad’ 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); to the left of the base of the fire altar, something like Pahlavi ‘L’ standing for ‘r’ in Darabgird. Album 12. Areas of weakness and with some scratches, otherwise, very fine.