Arab-Byzantine. Hims (Emesa). temp. Mu\'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AH 41-60.
Fals Bronze
24 mm, 4,30 g
K/A/Λ/O/N (\'good\' in Greek) downwards in left field; in right field, mint desginatoin bi-hims Imperial bust facing, wearing diadem surmounted by cross, paludamentum and cuirass, holding globus cruciger in his right hand / Large m between E/M/I - C/H/C; above, star between wavy lines; in exergue tayyib (\'good\' in Kufic).
extremely fine
DOCAB 74; Goodwin&Gyselen p. 48, 14; Walker 57.
From the Tareq Hani collection