ARAB BYZANTINE.Umayyad Caliphate.Anonymous 7th cent AD.AE.Fals. Mint of HIMS ( Emessa ).( 3.61g, 20.8mm, 6h)
Facing crowned Imperial image, holding globus cruciger in right hand, to left downwards downwards Greek ΚΑΛΟΝ ( good ) to right
Arabic حمص ( Hims )
Reverse.Cursive letter M, downwards and across field mint signature in Greek EMI - CHC;in exergue Arabic جيد ( tayyib =Good), above star with wavey line either side.
Ref:SICA 1.548-554
Better than very fine, earthen deposit in fields. faint trace of an undertype.