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Rare AH 60-64 / AD 680-683 Umayyad Caliphate Fals Arab-Byzantine Coin Pseudo-Damas
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MO1960-
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These coins are among the earliest coins of the first Islamic Caliphate. Before the more familiar anepigraphic types were issued by the Ummayad, the arab conquerors used a slightly modified Byzantine coinage in the conquered Byzantine lands.
Obverse: Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger
Obverse legend:
Reverse: M, stars inside letter forming face...
Reverse legend: M
Denomination: Follis / Fals
Country: Umayyad Caliphate
Ruler: Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (646 – 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.
Year: AH 60-64 / AD 680-683
Metal: Cooper
Weight ± 2.83 g.
Diameter ± 21 mm.
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