Arab-Byzantine. Dimashq (Damascus). trmp. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86.
Fals AE
19 mm, 2,55 g
Legend in Kufic around, caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword, girdle band hanging from elbow / Legend in Kufic around, transformed cross on three steps, mint name in Kufic to right (dimashq).
good very fine
Walker 1956, 86-90; SICA 706-14.
From the Tareq Hani collection.