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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra. Zibayrid governor, circa AH 75-79 / AD 694-698. AR Drachm (26mm, 2.44 g, 3h). ART (Ardaxšīr-xvarrah) mint. Dated AH 76 in Pahlavi (AD 695/6). Crowned bust right; in outer margin to right, bismillah in Arabic, followed by ::, pr'wz't in Pahlavi to left / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; uncertain date to left, mint to right. SICA 136; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 113, ANS. 15; Album 31; ICV . VF, deposits on obverse, light porosity, clipped.