Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 4.12 g, 4 h), Arab-Sasanian type, DA+P (Fasa in Darabgird), YE 60 = AD 691/2. Draped Sasanian-style bust to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt'’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾp̄dlmlyk ʾmyl / Y wlwyšnykʾn’ = ‘Abdalmalik amīr ī wurrōyišnīgān’ (‘ʿAbd al-Malik, Commander of the Believers’ in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, ‘bism Allāh’ (‘In the name of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, crescent and star; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, DA (abbreviation for the name of the district in Pahlavi); to the left of the altar shaft, P (abbreviation for the name of the city in Pahlavi). Album 32. Rare. Slightly cleaned and minor doubling, otherwise, good extremely fine.