★ ''KA૪ *ΛON'' ★

Arab-Byzantine. Hims (Emesa). temp. Mu\'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AH 41-60.
Fals AE

21 mm, 4,11 g

Imperial bust facing, wearing diadem surmounted by cross, paludamentum and cuirass, holding globus cruciger in his right hand; around, KA૪ *ΛON / Large m between E M I C H C ; above, eight-pointed star between wavy lines; in exergue 'tayyib'.

good very fine

published by A. Oddy in the Revue Numismatique 1987, p.194-197 and Plate XII.

Cf: for a Similar example see, Leu numismatics, Web Auction 7, lot 1661. From the Tareq Hani Collection.