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

23 mm, 3,06 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 left field, mint bi-tanukh ('in Tanukh' in Kufic); in right field, wāf ; around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad rasul Allah.

very fine

Album 656; DOCAB 129; Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Tanukh, Type I.

This mint name probably refers to the tribe, the Banu Tanukh, rather than a physical location. Walker and others previously misread it as Saruj, a city near Harran, but this name would be epigraphically impossible for these coins. From the Tareq Hani collection.