Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf. AH 75-95 / AD 694-714. AR Drachm (30.5mm, 3.27g, 3h). BYSh (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 79 / AD 698/9. Obverse margin: - / bismillah / FRAWZAT / - .With name and patronymic in Pahlawi, rather than the usual Arabic. Malek -; SICA 1, 225. Edge chip and some staining. Good Fine. Extremely rare.
The Pahlawi name in the third quarter of the obverse margin is that of a local official, Farrokhzad.