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Potsdam Valued Member Germany 303 Posts	Posted 10/24/2016 11:15 am Hi everyone, I got this little coin in a lot and cannot make out anything about it. I cannot read the signs nor do I have any idea where this little thing could actually be from. Diameter is about 17 mm, weight unknown because I do not have my scale at hand. I appreciate any information. Best Report this Post to the Staff

Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 10/24/2016 11:43 am Echizento is the resident expert on this type, so I will defer to him. It looks like an arab-byzantine follis. When the Muslims toppled the Sassanian empire, they produced just imitative coins for about 60-80 years. They would transform the "cross on hilltop" design to turn the cross into a globe or pillar so it would be more Islam-friendly. Again, I could be way off base here. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/24/2016 3:27 pm Umayyad caliphate's, Standing Caliphate circa 690's, Aleppo mint, imitating a Byzantine follis. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 10/24/2016 5:47 pm It may be imitating a Byzantine bronze follis in denomination, but in design, it is more imitative of Byzantine gold coins; prior to this coin being issued, the Byzantines had only used the cross-on-steps design on the gold solidus. Particularly the coins of Heraclius, which show a facing standing bearded fellow on the other side. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
FlaviusJ Valued Member United Kingdom 90 Posts	Posted 10/25/2016 3:57 pm The ruler is Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan who ruled the Ummayid Caliphate 685-705 AD Report this Post to the Staff
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