Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (27mm, 3.38 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of 'Umar ibn 'Ubayd Allah ibn Mi'mar, Zubayrid governor at Ardaxšīr-xvarrah. BCRA (al-Basra) mint. Dated AH 67 in Pahlavi (AD 686/7). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; lillah al-hamd in Arabic and four pellets, and pellet and crescent in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; crescent and star flanking flames. Malek, Arab-Sasanian –; Album 21; ICV 24. Toned, deposits, a little granular. Good VF.

From the Richard L. Horst Collection.