Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 3.59 g, 9 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing the Kharijite governor ʿAtiya ibn al-Aswad (AH 70-77 / 689-696), klmʾn-NAL (Kirman/Narmashir), AH 73 = AD 692/3. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾtyyʾ / Y ʾswdʾn’ = ‘Atiyā ī Aswadān’ (‘ʿAtiya son of al-Aswad’ in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, ‘bism Allāh walī al-amr’ (‘In the name of Allah, possessor of the command’ in Arabic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, klmʾn-NAL (‘Kirmān’ + the abbreviation for Narmashir in Pahlavi). Album 28. Rare. Some dents and minor scratches, otherwise, nearly very fine.