Arab-Byzantine. Umayyad Caliphate. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan (AH 41-60 / AD 661-680) Æ Fals

Title: Arab-Byzantine. Umayyad Caliphate. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan (AH 41-60 / AD 661-680) Æ Fals
Attribution: Hims (Emesa)
Date: AH 41-60 / AD 661-680
Obverse: Crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger; K/A/Λ/O/N in left field, 'bi-Hims' in right field
Reverse: Large m, Є/M/I to left, star above, C/H/C to right, tayyib ('good' in Kufic) in exergue
Size: 19.06mm
Weight: 3.93 grams
Description: nearing VF. Ex CNG Electronic Auction 430 (10 October 2018), lot 736 (part). From the Prof. Dr. Andreas Urs Sommer Collection; Gorny & Mosch 204 (5 March 2012), lot 2887.

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