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Drachm - Umayya b. 'Abd Allah Arab-Sasanian
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 692-696 |
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| Currency | Drachm (661-750) |
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| Obverse script | Pahlavi/Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Sasanian-style fire altar with attendants standing on either side, each figure facing inward toward the altar in the traditional Zoroastrian iconographic convention directly derived from late Sasanian coinage. The fire altar is depicted in the center with flames rising from the top. Flanking attendants are shown in profile, wearing Sasanian court dress. Pahlavi mint and regnal year inscriptions appear in the fields to the left and right of the altar, following the standard Arab-Sasanian reverse layout. Concentric circular border frames the entire design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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