Drachm - 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah Umayyad Governors of Egypt - Arab-Sasanian

Arab-Sasanian coinage of Egypt occupies a narrow transitional window — governors striking in a debased Sasanian idiom before the reformed Islamic coinage of 696–698 AD swept the type into obsolescence. 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah governed Egypt under Caliph 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, whose monetary reform would ultimately make issues like this one redundant within a decade. The governor's name appearing on the coin places the striking authority locally rather than at the Caliphal center, a distinction that matters for attribution.