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ARAB-SASANIAN - Governor Umar ibn Ubayd Allah. 686-691 AD.
Silver Drachm (33mm. 4.24 gm.) Bysh (Bishapur),  AH 68. (687/8 A.D). SUPERB! FDC! 
Reference: SIC Ashmolean 159; Walker, Arab-Sassanian 195; Album 21.
Sasanian style bust imitating Khosrau II righ.  lillāh al-ḥamd ("Unto God  be praise").
Fire altar flanked by attendants.