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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2249997, member: 19463&quot;]There are quite a few coins that straddle the line between the Byzantines and the neighboring Islamic lands.&nbsp; We tend to just lump the most normal in with the official Byzantines but it is harder to decide where to catalog ones with bilingual inscriptions like this of &#039;EMICHC&#039; (Emesa) which I have listed currently as from the time of Constans II (correct???).&nbsp;&nbsp; I find interesting the fact that it retains the cross on globe and on the headdress.&nbsp; Greek on obverse reads&nbsp; KAΛON. What does the Arabic say?&nbsp; Mint name?&nbsp; The reverse has the mint name in Greek and Arabic in exergue meaning good (or&nbsp; KAΛON).&nbsp; If I read this correctly both sides say the same thing in opposite splits of the two languages.&nbsp; There is a lot to learn in Arab Byzantine.&nbsp; I know nothing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]445058[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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