Arab-Byzantine. Halab. trmp. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86.
Fals Bronze
23 mm, 3,48 g
Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow; around / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in field to left, wāf, in field to right, mint bi-halab; around, part of the first Kalima reading \\\'la ilaha illa allah wahdahu muhammad rasul allah.
good very fine
DOCAB 115. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Type I. SICA I, 612.
From the Tareq Hani collection