Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Fals (Bronze, 22 mm, 4.26 g, 6 h), Arab-Byzantine type, Hims. Arab-Byzantine type, Hims. Imperial bust facing, wearing diadem surmounted by cross, paludamentum and cuirass, holding globus cruciger in his right hand; in left field, K/A/Λ/O/N ('good' in Greek); in right field, bi-Hims ('in Hims' in Kufic). Rev. Large m between E/M/I - C/H/C; above, eight-pointed star between two waves; in exergue tayyib ('good' in Kufic). DOCAB 74. Goodwin&Gyselen, p. 49, 14. Minor cleaning marks and with some deposits, otherwise, about very fine.


Privately acquired from R. Loosely on 19 November 1979 (with collector's ticket).