Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Fals (Bronze, 18 mm, 5.75 g, 8 h), Arab-Byzantine type, Dimashq. Two imperial figures standing facing, holding cruciform scepters in their left hands and the left figure holding globus cruciger in his right hand; above, cross. Rev. Large M surrounded by blundered Arabic legend reading darb dimashq ja'iz ('current issue [of] Dimashq'); above, cross; below, officina mark in shape of reversed crescent. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 50, 22 var. (figures holding cruciform scepter in right hand). Walker 42 var. (figures holding cruciform scepter in right hand). Rare. Minor areas of weakness and with earthen deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.