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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 8084838, member: 110226"]The closest match that I found in my very brief search is this:</p><p><br /></p><p>Umayyad Caliphate, Arab-Byzantine: Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685-705 CE) Æ Fals, Halab (Aleppo) Mint (Album-3529; SICA I, 615-625)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a link to a discussion about this coin and other coins of this type.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=31625.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=31625.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=31625.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of other examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>ARAB-BYZANTINE, Circa 693-700 AD</p><p>Amman. temp. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86. Standing caliph Type</p><p>Fals AE</p><p>Caliph standing facing, holding sword / Capital M; monogram above, A below instead of circle-on-steps, without mint and star, stylistically identical to the normal Standing Caliph fulus, of 'Amman mint Shahada in Arabic around (La Ilah Ila Allah Mohamed Rasul Allah).</p><p>Abt. VF with a nice reverse. Dark brown patina.</p><p>cf: A-3542. A-M3545, W-104. SNAT-716. (RRR). Cf. A similar example see Album Auction #22, lot #120 From the Tareq Hani collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>3.62 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404545[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ARAB-BYZANTINE, Circa 692-700 AD</p><p>'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan I</p><p>Standing Caliph</p><p>AE fals </p><p>Amman Mint</p><p>Obverse: Caliph standing facing, holding hilt of sword; لعبد الله عبد الملك اميرالمومنين (for the servant of God, 'Abd al-Malik, commander of the believers) in Arabic around.</p><p>Reverse: Transformed Φ-type cross potent set on steps; on its right in Arabic downward, Amman, on the left a star, لا اله الا الله و حده محمد رسول الله = (There is no God but Allah alone, Muhammad is the apostle of Allah) in Arabic around. Very nice for this type.</p><p>A-3542, SNAT-717 ff </p><p><br /></p><p>2.7 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404556[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 8084838, member: 110226"]The closest match that I found in my very brief search is this: Umayyad Caliphate, Arab-Byzantine: Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685-705 CE) Æ Fals, Halab (Aleppo) Mint (Album-3529; SICA I, 615-625) Here's a link to a discussion about this coin and other coins of this type. [URL]http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=31625.0[/URL] Here are a couple of other examples: ARAB-BYZANTINE, Circa 693-700 AD Amman. temp. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86. Standing caliph Type Fals AE Caliph standing facing, holding sword / Capital M; monogram above, A below instead of circle-on-steps, without mint and star, stylistically identical to the normal Standing Caliph fulus, of 'Amman mint Shahada in Arabic around (La Ilah Ila Allah Mohamed Rasul Allah). Abt. VF with a nice reverse. Dark brown patina. cf: A-3542. A-M3545, W-104. SNAT-716. (RRR). Cf. A similar example see Album Auction #22, lot #120 From the Tareq Hani collection. 3.62 grams [ATTACH=full]1404545[/ATTACH] ARAB-BYZANTINE, Circa 692-700 AD 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan I Standing Caliph AE fals Amman Mint Obverse: Caliph standing facing, holding hilt of sword; لعبد الله عبد الملك اميرالمومنين (for the servant of God, 'Abd al-Malik, commander of the believers) in Arabic around. Reverse: Transformed Φ-type cross potent set on steps; on its right in Arabic downward, Amman, on the left a star, لا اله الا الله و حده محمد رسول الله = (There is no God but Allah alone, Muhammad is the apostle of Allah) in Arabic around. Very nice for this type. A-3542, SNAT-717 ff 2.7 grams [ATTACH=full]1404556[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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