Muawiya, Copper, Fals, Baalbek/Heliopolis, circa 660-680
Obverse
Two crowned figures standing and holding scepters in right hands. Figure to right also holds globus cruciger. Cross between their heads. No legend.
Reverse
Μ with cross above, H/ Λ/ Ι/ Y in left field, Π/ Ο/ Λ/ Ε in right field, and upside down U below.
Exergue
ba'labkk (blundered mint name).
Obverse
Two crowned figures standing and holding scepters in right hands. Figure to right also holds globus cruciger. Cross between their heads. No legend.
Reverse
Μ with cross above, H/ Λ/ Ι/ Y in left field, Π/ Ο/ Λ/ Ε in right field, and upside down U below.
Exergue
ba'labkk (blundered mint name).
| Accession number | BZC.2009.016 |
|---|---|
| Ruler | Muawiya |
| Metal | Copper |
| Denomination | Fals |
| Mint | Baalbek/Heliopolis |
| Date | circa 660 – 680 |
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Weight | 5.2 g |
| Relation of Dies | 12:00 |
| Shape | Flat |
Acquisition History
Füeg Collection from Stack’s NYC sale, 1 December 2009, 3447; from Elsen sale 71, 2002, no. 1339.
Commentary
A bilingual fals of the “Damascus related series”; see T. Goodwin, Arab-Byzantine Coinage, 37, 71, and no. 16, but in fact the “Damascus related series” has the same dies as 80, no. 74. The upside-down U below the M on the reverse is Goodwin’s officina b.
C. Foss, Arab-Byzantine Coins: An Introduction, with a Catalogue of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, 134, nos. 61–63 (similar, but this coin better style).
S. Album and T. Goodwin, Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean, 1: nos. 584–86 (similar, but this coin better style).