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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8051497, member: 128351&quot;][ATTACH=full]1394288[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fals of Homs (Syria). </p><p>Obv. KAΛON in l. field (written vertically and right to left), <b>بحمص</b> ( b-Hmṣ = in Homs) in r. field; bust of Byzantine emperor facing, crowned, holding globus cruciger, cross above his head.</p><p>Rev. ЄMI CHC written vertically to l. and r. of large m, <b>طيب </b>(tayyib = good) in exergue.</p><p>The Arabic words are the translations of the Greek words : ЄMICHC means <b>بحمص</b>, and KAΛON means <b>طيب</b> .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394297[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fals of Damascus or Tiberias (there is a debate among numismatists).</p><p>Obv. Λ Є O written vertically in r. field, Byzantine emperor standing facing holding long cross and globus cruciger, in l. field bird standing r. on a T. </p><p>Rev. ANO XЧII written vertically to l. and r. of large M, monogram (derived from staurogram) above, monogram under the M, in exergue ΔAM\.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never found any explanation for the Λ Є O (leo) on obv. These coins are usually dated 680-690, sometimes 685-693, under the Umayyad caliphs, but in 695-698 the Byzantine emperor was named Leontios. It seems it&#039;s impossible that these coins were minted after 693, but why? I am very ignorant about this...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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