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Drachm - 'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra Umayyad Governors - Arab-Sasanian
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 698-699 |
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| Weight | 3.60 g |
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| Obverse lettering | بسم الله |
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| Reverse lettering | عبيد الله بن ابي بكرة |
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'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra governed Sijistan under the Umayyads during a period when Arab administrators were still striking coins that leaned heavily on Sasanian visual and monetary conventions — a practical concession to a population that trusted familiar currency. His father, Abu Bakra, was a companion of the Prophet and a freed slave of the Ta'if siege, making this one of the more historically loaded governor attributions in the Arab-Sasanian series. The transition away from these hybrid types accelerated sharply after 'Abd al-Malik's coinage reform of 696 AD, placing this drachm within the final years of a monetary tradition that would soon be administratively abolished.