ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 3.88 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (AH 45-54 / AD 665-673), DA (Darabgird), AH 43 (frozen year) = 663/4. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE ʾp̄zwt'’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘zyyʾt Y / ʾbwsp̄yʾn’, i.e. ‘Ziyād ī Abūsufyān’ (‘Ziyad son of Abu Sufyan’ in Pahlavi); in outer margin, ‘bism Allāh’ (‘In the name of Allah’ in Kufic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, DA (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 8. Areas of weakness and with some scratches, otherwise, good very fine.