Rare AH 60-64 / AD 680-683 Umayyad Caliphate Fals Arab-Byzantine Coin Pseudo-Damas

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These coins are among the earliest coins of the first Islamic Caliphate. Before the more familiar anepigraphic types were issued by the Ummayad, the arab conquerors used a slightly modified Byzantine coinage in the conquered Byzantine lands.

Obverse: Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger

Obverse legend:

Reverse: M, stars inside letter forming face...

Reverse legend: M

Denomination: Follis / Fals

Country: Umayyad Caliphate

Ruler: Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (646 – 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.

Year: AH 60-64 / AD 680-683

Metal: Cooper

Weight ± 2.83 g.

Diameter ± 21 mm.

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SKU: MO1960-

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