Coins of ancient Sasanian

Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan 665 - 674 AD [AH 45 - 55])

'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad
AR Drachm
Mint: SK
Date: 56 AH (675/76 AD)
32 mm.
3.58 gm.
SICA I 365
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=24 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bust right, Pahlavi legend; bism Allah in margin. Three pellets. E0, B0, no crescent.
Reverse: Attendants' hands=RR.
Note: Two holes.

'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad
AR Drachm
Mint: DA
Date: YE 46 (677/78 AD)
30 x 28 mm.
3.30 gm.
Album 12; SICA Vol. I, 248
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=20 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Triple pellets on either side of star and crescent at 6h; pellet above star at 3h, 6h and 9h. Pahlavi legend, bism Allah in margin; E0, B0, RAO=crescent.
Reverse: Mint name to right (DA=Darabgird); year 46 to left. Attendants' hands=RR; star and crescent reversed (CS).

'Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad
AR Drachm
Mint: BH
Date: AH 60 (679/80 AD)
28 x 29 mm.
2.88 gm. (clipped)
Album 12; SICA Vol. I, -
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bust right; bism Allah in margin, four pellets following. E2, B6, no crescent in right field. Gobl Hunnen 11 type countermark in 1st quadrant.
Reverse: Attendants' hands=RR; star and crescent normal. 5 pellets: either side of the altar at the base of the flames, another pair under the ribbons, and one pellet on the base. Test scape in 2nd quadrant.
Note: For similar patterns of reverse pellets see: SICA 156-170 (BYSh), 475-478 (WYHC), and the mintless coins of 'Muhammad' 494-495 (also from a mint in proximity to Arrajan and Bishapur?)

'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr
AR Drachm
Mint: DA
Date: YE 57 (688/89 AD)
30 mm.
3.55 gm.
SICA I 258
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=23 mm.
Die position=6h
Obverse: Bust right, Pahlavi legend; bism Allah in margin. Triple pellets on either side of star and crescent at 6h; pellet above star at 3h, 6h and 9h. Pahlavi legend, bism Allah in margin; E0, B0, no crescent.
Reverse: Attendants' hands=RR. "GM" monogram at 11h.
Note: Clipped in 1st quadrant.

'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr
AR Drachm
Mint: KRMAN-HPC
Date: 67 AH (686/87 AD)
32 x 31 mm.
3.83 gm.
Album 15 type; SICA Vol. I, - (similar to 313)
Diameter of obverse dotted border=22 mm.; diameter of reverse border=21 mm.
Die position=9h
Obverse: Pahlavi legend, bism Allah BPRWY in margin. Pellet triplet at 8h. Countermark 48 at 8h. E0, B0, RAO=crescent. Name written as: APDWLA / Y ZWBYRAN
Reverse: Mint name to right (KRMAN-HPC=sub-mint in Kerman); year 67 to left. Attendants' hands=RR. Trace of pellets at 11:45h and crescent(?) at 12:15h.

'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, rival caliph
AR Drachm
Mint: DA+G
Date: YE 56 (687/88 AD)
30 mm.
3.51 gm.
Album 16; SICA Vol. I, - (similar to 264).
Diameter of obverse dotted border=23 mm.; diameter of reverse border=22 mm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Bust right; bism Allah in margin, three pellets to either side of star and crescent at 6h. Star and crescents have extra pellet. E0, B1, no crescent in right field.
Reverse: Attendants' hands=RR; star and crescent reversed. Pahlavi "G" to left of altar base. Pellet (?) within crescent at 9h.

Zubayrid Governors of al-Basra