ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya, AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. Dirham (Silver, 30 mm, 2.76 g, 9 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor Salm ibn Ziyad (AH 61-65 = AD 680-684), MLW (Marw), AH 64 = AD 683/4. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, SALM Y / ZYY'T'N ('Salm ibn Ziyad' in Pahlawi); in outer margin, 'bism Allah' ('In the name of Allah' in Kufic); in outer margin to right, countermark of 'zoλαδσ' (in Bactrian) with three pellets above. Rev. Fire altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants; in upper field to left, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date in Pahlawi; to right, MLW (name of the mint in Pahlawi). Album 18. Malek, Arab-Sasanian, 841. SICA I, 334. Lightly toned. Somewhat brushed, otherwise, very fine.