Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya, AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. Drachm (Silver, 32 mm, 3.66 g), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor ʿUbayd Allah ibn Ziyad (AH 54-64 / AD 673-683), al-Basra, AH 62 = AD 681/2. Draped Sasanian-style bust to right resembling Khosrau II, wearing an elaborate mural crown with two wings; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾwbytʾlʾ / Y zyyʾtʾn’ (‘ʿUbayd Allah son of Ziyad’ 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, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, ‘bclʾ’ (‘al-Basra’ in Pahlavi). Album 12. Beautifully toned. Small scratches and staining, otherwise, good very fine.