Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 34 mm, 4.14 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (AH 45-54 / AD 665-673), ST (Staxr/Istakhr), AH 54 = AD 673/4. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘zyyʾt / Y ʾbwswp[y]ʾn’ (‘Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan’ in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, ‘bism Allāh – rabbī’ (‘In the name of Allah, my Lord’ 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); traces of ink graffiti in the margin. Album 8. Toned. Minor deposits, hairlines and flan faults on the edge, otherwise, extremely fine.