Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. Hims (Emesa), circa AD 660-690. Crowned imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; blundered KAΛON downwards to left, bi-hims in Arabic to right / Large cursive M above exergual line; star flanked by plain circles above, EMI downwards to left, CHC downwards to right, tayyib in Arabic in exergue. DOCAB 75-6; SICA I 543-6 var. (obv.). 3.93g, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine; attractive for the type.
From a private German collection.