ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 3.73 g, 4 h), Arab-Sasanian type, DA+P (Fasa in Darabgird), YE 60 = AD 691/2. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt'’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾp̄dwlʾ ʾmyl [Y] / wlwyšnykʾn’ = ‘Abdulā amīr ī wurrōyišnīgān’ (‘ʿAbd Allah, 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 16. Rare. Nicely toned. Very fine.