Arab-Byzantine. Halab. Time of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH65-86.
Fals AE

18 mm, 1,84 g

Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow; around / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in field to left, wāf, in field to right, mint bi-halab; around, part of the first Kalima reading \'la ilaha illa allah wahdahu muhammad rasul allah.

good very fine

DOCAB -; Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Halab, Type III; SICA I, 623.

From the Tareq Hani collection.