Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Drachm (Silver, 33 mm, 4.04 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd Allah (AH 66-67 / AD 685-686), BYŠ (Bishapur), AH 67 = AD 686. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt'’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾp̄dlmlyk' Y / ʾp̄dwlʾʾn’ (‘ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd Allah’ in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, ‘bism Allāh ˗ Muḥammad rasūl ˗ Allāh’ (‘In the name of Allah. Muhammad is the messenger 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, BYŠ (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 20. Very rare. Some crystallization, deposits and minor edge splits, otherwise, about extremely fine.