ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Dirham (Silver, 32 mm, 4.00 g, 4 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor Abd Allah ibn Amir ibn Kurayz (AH 41-45 = AD 661-664), BYŠ (Bishapur), AH 44 = AD 664. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, APDWLA Y AMWRAN ('Abd Allah ibn Amir' in Pahlawi); in outer margin, 'bism Allah' ('In the name of Allah') and three pellets to left and right of one star-in-crescent. Rev. Fire altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants; in upper field to left, star; in upper field to right, crescent; to left, date in Pahlawi; to right, BYŠ (name of the mint in Pahlawi). Album 6. SICA I, 113. Walker, Arab-Sassanian, -. A very attractive and sharply struck example. Minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.

Abd Allah ibn Amir ibn Kurayz was a cousin of the rightly guided caliph Uthman and a successful general in the fight against the last Sasanian king Yazdgard III. He was also the first Umayyad official to place his name on coins