ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 32 mm, 3.90 g, 12 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor ʿUbayd Allah ibn Ziyad (AH 54-64 / AD 673-683), ST (Staxr/Istakhr), AH 60 = AD 679/80. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾwbytʾlʾ / Y zyyʾtʾn’ = ‘Ubaydālā ī Ziyādān’ (‘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, ‘ST’ (abbreviation for ‘Staxr’, the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 12. Minor edge crack and struck from a somewhat worn reverse die, otherwise, extremely fine.