ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.03 g, 3h). Khosrau type. BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 48 in Pahlavi (AD 668/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah and rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 276 (issue with c/m); Album 5; ICV 2. Iridescent toning, deposits in devices. Good VF.
Ex Agora 7 (1 April 2014), lot 295; Album 17 (19 September 2013), lot 88.