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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 8272983, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460327[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>ALBUM-0114B; MIB Constans II X36; FOSS-136; SICA I, 732 &amp; 733; Domaszewicz &amp; Bates AIII #34; DO-0131 to DO-0139</p><p><br /></p><p>From Goodwin (The Egyptian Arab-Byzantine Coinage): &quot;Although this type broadly follows the design of the last issue of Constans II the obverse standing figure is very wide in proportion to its height and often gives the impression of a three-quarter length figure due to the feet being off the flan. The mint name is usually read as MACP, but on specimens where the last letter is fully struck it usually looks more like MACA. Occasionally a further letter is visible after the last A, but I have yet to find an example where this looks like a P and it is more likely to be an abbreviation marker. However, whatever the exact reading there is little doubt that this is a Greek transliteration of the Arabic miṣr, the name of the military town just outside Babylon which was the new administrative centre of Egypt. [“Babylon” was the name given to the Roman fortified town situated in Old Cairo. Al-Fustāt, the new Arab town, was probably founded in 642 and was generally known as miṣr, the name which persists today as the modern Arabic name for Egypt. It is usually pronounced “masr” in the Egyptian dialect. For details of the foundation and early history of al-Fustat see Kubiak 1987.]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is quite common to find examples of these coins with retrograde reverses and some of these may be contemporary imitations, but the few which I have examined are similar to the normal coins in style, fabric and weight, so the majority of these retrograde coins are probably products of the official mint.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #ff0000">Next: Another Arab-Byzantine/Roman</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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