Arab-Byzantine, 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, fals, unread mint, standing caliph, rev., modified cross-on-steps with wafin to left and mint-name to right, 2.68g (Walker p.41, Th.2, same obverse die), almost very fine and rare. Walker suggested that the mint-name, which is clearly written but hard to interpret, may be a blundered version of Lataqiya (Laodicea).
(200-300 GBP)