Arab-Sasanian, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, Umayyad Governor, AR Drachm. AKWLA (al-Kufa) mint, dated AH 62 = AD 681. Crowned Sasanian style bust to right; bismillah in margin, three pellets to right of lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I, 2-4. 2.99g, 28mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine; evidence of die rust to obverse. Rare mint.
Ex Morton & Eden, Auction 59, 13 November 2012, lot 166.
The first production of Islamic coins in Kufa.