Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Fals (Bronze, 24 mm, 4.29 g, 11 h), 'Standing Caliph' type, Hims, 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; J li' abd allah' abd al-malik amir al-mu'minin ('for the servant of God, Abd al-Malik, Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic). Rev. Transformed cross standing on three steps; in field to left, eight-pointed star; in field to right, mint bi-hims ('in Hims' in Kufic); around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa allah wahdahu muhammad rasul allah' ('There is no God but God alone; Muhammad is the Prophet of God'). DOCAB 108. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Hims, Type III. SICA I, 689. An attractive example struck on a very broad flan. Good very fine.


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