★ Qinnasrin (Chalkis) Mint ★

Time of `Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AD 685-705. (AH 65-86). 'Standing Caliph' type. Qinnasrin (Chalkis) mint
Fals Æ

23mm., 2,71g.

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 left field, 'wāf' ('full weight' in Kufic), in right field, 'mint bi-qinnasrin' ('in Qinnasrin' in Kufic), legend in Kufic around.

very fine, unusually clear details for the type

Cf. DOCAB 112; cf. Goodwin & Gyselen p. 54, 42. From The Tareq Hani collection

The Umayyad caliph Yazid I ordered its walls to be demolished. He or his father and predecessor Mu'awiya I made Qinnasrin the center of its own jund (military district), called Jund Qinnasrin, within the greater administrative region of Islamic Syria. They also, utilized Qinnasrin (Chalkis) as main and important headquarters for the army