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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Calbrey, post: 1987236, member: 38412&quot;]Hello. These two coins are classified as Arab Byzantine coins. In fact , when Arabs took over byzantine cities in the seventh century AD they had no Arab coins yet. So they used the Byzantine coins and over struck them with the name of the invaded cities in the Arabic language. In these two coins the city was the same , that is Hims or Homs in Syria, formerly known as&nbsp; Emesa. The surprising point is that one of these coins has normally the image of the Byzantine Emperor on the obverse( naturally because it was originally a Byzantine coin )&nbsp; whereas the second coin has the image of the Arab Caliph on its obverse.&nbsp; Please explain this historic complicated issue.&nbsp; Thanks..&nbsp; &nbsp; Charles[ATTACH=full]355296[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355297[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355298[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]355299[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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