Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. Standing Caliph type. Uncertain mint, possibly a contemporary imitation, circa AD 685-705. Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow; blundered legend to left and right / Symbol (Φ for Fals or Follis?) on four steps; wāfin to left, blundered mint name to right. Unpublished in the standard references; for possible obv. prototype, cf. SICA I 679-82 (Manbij); for possible rev. prototype, cf. SICA I 608-14 (Halab); cf. Leu Web 11, 2323 (same dies). 2.57g, 22mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.