Arab-Byzantine. Baalbek (Heliopolis). Time of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86.
Fals Bronze
20 mm, 4,67 g
Two imperial standing figures, each holding cruciform sceptre and globus cruciger; cross between / Large M above exergual line; cross above, crescent below, HΛIOY downwards to left, ΠOΛ[E] downwards to right, [ba\\\'labakk] in Arabic in exergue.
very fine
DOCAB 60-3; SICA I 584-6.
Baalbek, romanized: Baʿlabakk, is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon\'s Beqaa Valley, northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate.
In Greek and Roman times Baalbek was also known as Heliopolis.
From the Tareq Hani collection