★ A very charming example ★

Arab-Byzantine. Hims (Emesa). trmp. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86.
Fals AE

21 mm, 3,73 g

Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow, legend in Kufic around / Transformed cross standing on three steps, in field to left, star, in field to right, \'mint bi-hims\' (\'in Hims\' in Kufic), around, legend in Kufic.

good very fine, well centered, exceptional strike and an unusually complete example.

DOCAB 108. Goodwin, Standing Caliph, Hims, Type III. G&G p. 56, 54. SICA I, 691.

From the Tareq Hani collection.