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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3902253, member: 85693&quot;]I would be delighted to see a centralized, systematic source for these - you have my enthusiastic encouragement for such a project!&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve been collecting these for about 2 months now, so I am at the beginning of a very steep learning curve. </p><p><br /></p><p>My own &quot;attributions&quot; for Arab-Byzantine coins come from trolling around auctions and retail sale sites.&nbsp; If I find one that looks sorta like mine, I go with that attribution.&nbsp; I am sure I am missing a great deal of information and getting a lot of things wrong. </p><p><br /></p><p>While we&#039;re on the topic, I want to again share my favorite - one with a countermark (and my efforts at attribution) - here is the auction I got all this info from:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1325334" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1325334" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1325334</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028488[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Umayyad Caliphate&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Fals</b></p><p><b>Arab-Byzantine Imperial Type</b></p><p><b>(c. 680s-700 A.D.)&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Baalbek (Heliopolis) Mint</b></p><p>Two standing figures, each with cruciform scepter, cross between / Large M; cross (no pellets) inverted crescent below, [H]/Λ/I/OΥ left, H/O/Λ.Є right, <i>ba‘labakk</i> in exergue</p><p>(4.18 grams / 18 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Album 3513.2; DOCAB 62 var. (all without pellets).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; A incuse in 5mm circle reverse.&nbsp; Similar to CNG Electronic Auction 282, Lot 414:&nbsp; &quot;A within circular incuse...from the J. S. Wagner Collection&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028489[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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