Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Fals (Bronze, 15x22 mm, 2.07 g, 6 h), 'Standing Caliph' type, uncertain mint, probably in Jund Qinnasrin, AH 74-80 / AD 693/4-699/700 . Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow; around, legend in Kufic, mostly missing. Rev. Transformed cross standing on three steps; in field to left, wāf ('full weight' in Kufic); in field to right, 'sar' in Kufic; around, probably part of the first Kalima, but legend mostly missing. DOCAB 130 (same dies). Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, -. SICA I -. Rare. Very fine.


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