Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AR Drachm. Darabgird, Jahrum. ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr

Umayyad Caliphate. temp. ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (AH 65-86 / AD 685-705). AR Drachm (4.12g/ 28mm), Arab-Sasanian type, DA + GH (Darabgird, Jahrum), struck by ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, rival caliph (AH 60-73 / AD 680-692), YE 60 = 691/2. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing an elaborate mural crown; behind head, ‘GDE / ʾp̄zwt’’ (‘[may his] glory increase’ in Pahlavi); before head, ‘ʾp̄dwlʾ ʾmyl / Y wlwyšnykʾn’ = ‘Abdulā amīr ī wurrōyišnīgān’ (‘ʿAbd Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, ‘bism Allāh’ (‘In the name of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, crescent and star; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, DA + GH (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 16. Extremely fine. Rare.