★ Christian-Arab tribe ★

UMAYYAD: 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AE fals, Standing caliph type, issued c. 690s. Tanukh, 2.90g, 21mm.
Obv: Caliph standing facing, holding on sheathed sword
Rev: Transformed cross.
Album 3529, G.44, EBCC 37.12

The Banu Tanukh were Roman foederati before the Arab conquest, and maintained their Christian beliefs into the Abbasid dynasty. (For more Arab-Byzantine, including some important rarities, please see the Islamic section of this auction.)