Islamic. Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate.

Æ Fals. Hims (Emesa), circa AD 685-690.

3.50 gr. – 19.7 mm.

O:\\ Crowned imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; KAΛON downwards to left, wavy line to right of crown, bi-hims in Arabic and star to right.

R:\\ Large cursive M above exergual line; star flanked by two annulets above, EMI downwards to left, CIC downwards to right, tayyib in Arabic in exergue

SICA I 539-42; Goodwin 14 var. Rare. aXF 

 

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