ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.72 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan. DA (Dārābgird) mint. Dated YE 43 in Pahlavi (Struck circa AH 50-53 [AD 670-673]). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1 239-42; Walker, Arab-Sasanian 58; Album 8; ICV 7. VF, deposits.
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra. Zibayrid governor, circa AH 75-79 / AD 694-698. AR Drachm (31.5mm, 3.93 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. BYŠ (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 75 in Pahlavi (AD 694/5). Crowned bust right; in outer margin to right, bismillah in Arabic, followed by ::, mw in Pahlavi to left / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flamesa. SICA 1 207; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, 221-3; Album 31; ICV 39. Good VF, light scratches in obverse margin.
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.69 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. DA (Dārābgird) mint. Dated YE 59 in Pahlavi = AH 70 (AD 689/90). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; pellet to left of upper star-in-crescent. SICA 1 259; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 16; ICV 13. VF, traces of die rust on obverse, light scratches or graffiti on reverse.
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.09 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of 'Umar ibn 'Ubayd Allāh, governor. BYŠ (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 70 (AD 689/90). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; ·lillāh al-hamd:: in margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 175-80; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, 198-201; Album 21; ICV 24. Near EF, minor porosity on edge of obverse.
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Marwan II ibn Muhammad. AH 127-132 / AD 744-750. AR Dirham (25mm, 2.89 g, 2h). al-Kufa mint. Dated AH 129 (AD 746/7). Klat 549; Album 142; ICV 282. Good VF, toned, encrustation on reverse.
ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Revolution. Partisans of 'Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya. Circa AH 127-133 / AD 744-751. AR Dirham (25mm, 2.80 g, 6h). Istakhr mint. Dated AH 129 (AD 746/7). Klat 84; Album 206.1; ICV 358. VF, toned, cleaning scratches. Rare.
ISLAMIC, al-Andalus (Spain). Umayyads. temp. Muhammad I ibn 'Abd al Rahman. AH 238-273 / AD 852-886. AR Dirham (28mm, 2.51 g, 10h). al-Andalus (Qurtubah [Cordoba]) mint. Dated AH 253 (AD 867). Cf. Gomez, Hispano 32 (for type); Album 343.1; ICV 550. Good VF, toned, light marks and some peripheral porosity.
ISLAMIC, Arabia. Rasulid. al-Mujahid Ali. AH 721-764 / AD 1321–1363. AR Dirham (28mm, 1.56 g, 2h). Type C. al-Mahjam mint. Date unclear. Album 1108.3; ICV 1137. VF, lightly toned.
ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah. AH 411-427 / AD 1021-1036. AV Quarter Dinar (13mm, 0.98 g, 7h). Siqillya (Palermo) mint. Dated AH [41 or 42]4 (AD 1023/4 or 1032/3). Cf. Nicol 1406-7 and 1427; Spahr –; Album 715; ICV 836. VF, traces of deposits.