Islamic Dynasties: Arab-Sasanian, Mu'awiya, Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680, silver drachm (4.09g, 31mm). ...

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Arab-Sasanian, Mu'awiya, Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680, silver drachm (4.09g, 31mm). DA (Darabjird), frozen year 43, A-14. Star left of the crown, but without the normal star and crescent to the right. Lustrous Choice Extremely Fine.

From Stephen Album auction 8, (June 2010), lot 48.

The name Mu'awiya in Arabic means "barking or whining female dog". In old Arab tradition, a newly born was assigned as his personal name the first action heard by his parents after his birth. Mu'awiya was the first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, and this is the only coin type that actually bore his name, written in the Pahlavi language, struck only at Darabjird in eastern Fars province, always dated "43" but actually struck circa AH54.

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