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Drachm - Mu`awiya first Umayyad caliph
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 663 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Sasanian-style bust of the ruler facing right at center, wearing an elaborate mural crown surmounted by a winged symbol, with beaded collar and draped shoulders rendered in the late Sasanian artistic tradition. A beaded inner border encircles the bust, with Psalter Pahlavi legends flanking the portrait in the inner field to the left and right. An Arabic bismillah inscription appears in the outer margin, reflecting the early Umayyad practice of adding Islamic legends to Sasanian-derived coin types. Crescents or ornamental devices appear at the lateral margins outside the inner border. |
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| Reverse description | Zoroastrian fire altar flanked by two attendants standing facing inward, depicted in the traditional Sasanian manner inherited from earlier drachm coinage. The altar and figures are enclosed within a beaded inner border, with crescent-and-star symbols at the three and nine o'clock positions outside the inner circle. A Psalter Pahlavi mint and date legend appears in the outer margin at the top, with additional Pahlavi notations at the bottom, recording the mint abbreviation DAP (Fasa) and the regnal year. |
| Reverse script | Psalter Pahlavi |
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