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Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. 'Ubaydallah b. Ziyad. AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Drachm (32.1mm, 4.13g, 9h). AYRAN APZWT K mint. Dated AH 63 / AD 682/3. Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∴ / - / - . Cleaned. EF. Unpublished and apparently unique.
The word APZWT is not a mint-name but a word meaning 'increased'. It is commonly found on late Sasanian drachms as part of the formula GDH APZWT, meaning 'the royal glory has been increased'. Coins bearing the word APZWT-K where the mint-signature is normally placed are known for 'Ubaydallah b. Ziyad only (Malek 7.1), and it has been suggested that the -K suffix may denote a location somewhere in Kirman. However, the present coin precedes APZWT-K with the mint-name AYRAN, which on the basis of sigillographic evidence is generally assumed to be an abbreviation for Eran-asan-kar-Kavad, 'Kavad has made Eran peaceful', which was the formal name of the city of Hulwan in Jibal.
The word APZWT is not a mint-name but a word meaning 'increased'. It is commonly found on late Sasanian drachms as part of the formula GDH APZWT, meaning 'the royal glory has been increased'. Coins bearing the word APZWT-K where the mint-signature is normally placed are known for 'Ubaydallah b. Ziyad only (Malek 7.1), and it has been suggested that the -K suffix may denote a location somewhere in Kirman. However, the present coin precedes APZWT-K with the mint-name AYRAN, which on the basis of sigillographic evidence is generally assumed to be an abbreviation for Eran-asan-kar-Kavad, 'Kavad has made Eran peaceful', which was the formal name of the city of Hulwan in Jibal.