★ An amazing example ★

Arab-Byzantine. Baalbek (Heliopolis). Time of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86.
Fals AE

22 mm, 3,71 g

Two imperial standing figures, each holding cruciform sceptre and globus cruciger; cross between / Large M above exergual line; cross above, crescent below, HΛIOY downwards to left, ΠOΛ[E] downwards to right, [ba\'labakk] in Arabic in exergue.

extremely fine, rarely seen this choice quality

DOCAB 60-3; SICA I 584-6.

Baalbek, romanized: Baʿlabakk, is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In Greek and Roman times Baalbek was also known as Heliopolis. From the Tareq Hani collection.