Arab-Byzantine. Antardos (Tartus) circa 670-680.
Fals AE

21 mm, 6,08 g

Imperial Bust, KAΛON to left, Arabic tayyib right (partly visible) / The capital M, the officina A, the T and O attached to the top of the M, and the Δ form the monogram for the city name Antardos (sic).

very fine

Foss-80. Bone-1.2; A-3525A (RRR); also, the type was unknown to Walker. For the same type see, Stephen Album Auction 19, 276.

Probably the finest from the very few known examples. From the Tareq Hani collection.