ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 4.00 g, 4 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (AH 75-95 = AD 694-713), BYŠ (Bishapur), AH 79 = AD 698/9. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, 'Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf' (in Kufic); in outer margin, 'bism Allah la ilah illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad Rasul Allah' ('In the name of Allah, There is no God but God alone; Muhammad is the messenger of God' in Kufic)'. Rev. Fire altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants; in upper fiel to left, six-pointed star; in upper field to right, crescent; to left, date; to right, BYŠ (name of the mint in Pahlawi). Album 35.1. SICA I, 222. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 122, 237. Lightly toned. About extremely fine.