★ Mint name right and waf left ★

Arab-Byzantine. Qinnasrin. trmp. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86.
Fals AE

20 mm, 2,93 g

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

very fine

DOCAB -; Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Qinnasrin Type I. SICA I, 671; A-3530; W-132.

From the Tareq Hani collection.