ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.42 g, 12 h), Arab-Byzantine type, Hims. Imperial figure standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; above, crescent; in left field, bism Allah ('in the name of God' in Kufic); in right field, blundered KAΛON ('good' in Greek). Rev. Large M between E/M/H - C/I/C; above, staurogram between two pellets; below, Δ; in exergue, tayyib ('good' in Kufic). DOCAB 40. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 224, 21-24. Walker 27. Earthen deposits, otherwise, very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.