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Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. 'Abdallah b. Bastam. Circa AH 82 / AD 701/2. AR Drachm (31.9mm, 4.13g, 11h). KRMAN-GRM (Garmshir) mint. Dated AH 82 / AD 701/2. Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵ / ∵barakat / -. Malek 694. EF. Excessively rare, and believed to be the finest known surviving drachm of this short-lived governor.
One of the rarest governors named on the Arab-Sasanian coinage, dirhams of 'Abdallah b. Bastam were unknown before the early 2000's. He was evidently a lieutenant of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, serving under him during the latter's revolt against al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf during the early 80s / 700s. Garmshir is the only mint known to have issued drachms bearing his name.
One of the rarest governors named on the Arab-Sasanian coinage, dirhams of 'Abdallah b. Bastam were unknown before the early 2000's. He was evidently a lieutenant of 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, serving under him during the latter's revolt against al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf during the early 80s / 700s. Garmshir is the only mint known to have issued drachms bearing his name.