Details
Umayyad governors of al-Kufa, Bishr bin Marwan (71-74 AH/690-3 AD), Drachm, 4.00g., struck at AKULA, uncertain date, Sassanian style bust with a winged crown to right, the governor's name in Pahlawi to the right, the benediction to left, all within a double circle, margin, bism Allah Muhammad rasul Allah, rev. standing caliph between two attendants, mint signature to right, an unknown word to left, the whole within three circles, in the margin are four crescents with stars (Walker -; Shams-Eshragh pl.10, no.128; Berman 21, pl. p.15, this coin), two peck marks, very fine, very rare