Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Fals (Bronze, 18 mm, 3.50 g, 1 h), Arab-Byzantine type, 'Pseudo-Damascus' Mint. Imperial figure facing, short bearded, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. Rev. Large M in center; in left field, A/O; in right field, blundered X/T/II; above, cross; below, Є; in exergue, blundered ΔΑΜ. Cf. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 80, fig. 17, type 11 for reverse. Rare. Earthen deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.