Umayyad Caliphate Drachm - Yazid b. al-Muhallab, 84

AR Drachm from Umayyad Caliphate. Issued in 84. Struck in Silver. Measures 0 mm and weighs 3.04 g.

Obverse

Sasanian bust right, wearing helmet with ‘weather-vane’ crest To right of bust, Script in Arabic In second and third quadrants of margin, Script in Arabic (Yazid bin - al-Muhallab

bismillah – al-a‘zim)

Reverse

Standing figure facing wearing armour and helmet with ‘weather-vane’ crest, holding spear vertically in left hand, right hand on pommel of sheathed sword at his waist. In field (in Pahlawi) ANBYR to left, date to right In first and second quadrants of margin: Hephthalite legend In fourth and third quadrants of margin (Script in Arabic) (duriba jizya bi-’l–Juzjan

ANBYR)