Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. Baalbek (Heliopolis), circa AD 685-690. Two imperial standing figures, each holding cruciform sceptre; cross between / Large M above exergual line; cross above, crescent below, HΛI[OY] downwards to left, ΠOΛ[E] downwards to right, [ba'labakk] in Arabic in exergue. DOCAB 60-3; SICA I 584-6. 4.98g, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private German collection.