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Drachm - 'Abd al-Rahman b. Zayd Arab-Sasanian
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 672-680 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Pahlavi |
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| Edge | Plain |
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ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Zayd served as governor of Sijistan under Muʿāwiya I, and these issues belong to the transitional Arab-Sasanian phase when Umayyad administrators retained Sasanian coin architecture wholesale — including the fire altar reverse and Pahlavi marginal inscriptions — simply adding a short Arabic legend to assert Muslim authority. The approach was practical: a population accustomed to Sasanian silver needed no re-education in what constituted valid currency.
Valerian Sears Nastich's classification places this type among the earliest Arab-Sasanian Sijistani issues. The series is thinly documented by surviving specimens.