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Arab-Byzantine. Dimashq (Damascus). temp. Yazid I ibn Mu\'awiya AH 60-64. Arab-Byzantine type. 'Pseudo-Damascus' mint
Fals AE
20 mm, 4,36 g
Imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in left field, short palm branch and T; in upper right field nine-pointed star / Large M in center; above, monogram; below, officina mark of inverted crescent; around slightly blundered legend reading \'darb dimashq ja\'iz\ (current issue of Dimashq' in Arabic).
good very fine
Goodwin and Gyselen p. 152, 15 for obverse.
From the Tareq Hani Collection.
Fals AE
20 mm, 4,36 g
Imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in left field, short palm branch and T; in upper right field nine-pointed star / Large M in center; above, monogram; below, officina mark of inverted crescent; around slightly blundered legend reading \'darb dimashq ja\'iz\ (current issue of Dimashq' in Arabic).
good very fine
Goodwin and Gyselen p. 152, 15 for obverse.
From the Tareq Hani Collection.