Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.74 g, 1h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Misma' ibn Malik. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 85 in Pahlavi (AD 704). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; msm''/y mlkan in Pahlavi in two lines to right; bismillah and rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; pnǰštat (date) in Pahlavi to left, sk (mint) in Pahlavi to right. Cf. SICA I, p. 34 and note 194; cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. lvii; Album –; ICV –; cf. Morton & Eden 79, lots 13-14 (for type). Good VF, toned. Extremely rare.