Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Fals (Silver, 20 mm, 3.48 g), Arab-Byzantine type, Tabariya (Tiberias), AH 50s-70s = AD circa 670s-690s. Imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; to the lower right, TIBIP in Greek. Rev. Large m in center; around, blundered legend in Greek. Album 3519. DOCAB -. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 52, 29. Extremely rare. Flan faults and repatinated. Good fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 34, 23 May 2019, 243.

This type with TIBIP, the Greek abbreviation for Tiberias, is the rarest Arab-Byzantine issue from this city.