Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Arab-Sasanian coinage. Zīyad ibn Abī Sufyān. Umayyad governor, AH 45-54 / AD 665-673. AR Drachm (28mm, 3.76 g, 10h). MY (Mēšān) mint. Dated AH 51 (AD 671/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism allāh in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, –; Album 8. Near VF, toned, clipped.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 76.