Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 4.37 g, 5 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; 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; below, Δ; in exergue, tayyib ('good' in Kufic). DOCAB 40. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 224, 21. Beautiful earthen highlights. Very fine.


From a collection of Arab-Byzantine and Crusader coins, formed in the 1990s.