Arab-Byzantine. Dimashq. Damascus (Syria). temp. Mu\'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AH 41-60.
Fals Bronze
20 mm, 3,68 g
Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger, to left, bird standing right on T, ΔAMACKOC to right / Large M, monogram above, star (or crescent) below, ja'iz left, darb right, dimashq in exergue in Arabic.
good very fine
Cf: SICA 1, 566; Cf: Album 3517.2; ICV -.
probably the second example on coin archives and the finest known,
From the Tareq Hani collection.