Arab Imitative

Arab-Imitative Byzantine

	Arab Imitative of Heraclius, AE Follis, Year 20 (629/630) (No Legend) Heraclius standing facing at left, with long beard and moustache, wearing crown and military dress, long cross in right hand, Heraclius Constantine standing facing at right, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, globus cruciger in right hand, cross between their heads Large M, blundered legend to left, C surmounted by cross above, X / X to right, corrupt A below Exergual line with slashes 27mm x 33mm, 11.12g SB 810 for type Note: Overstruck on follis of Anastasius of Constantinople, with partial legends and bust showing on obverse and the top of CON on reverse
	Arab Pseudo-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, AE Fals imitating Constans II, c.Late 680s-693, Pre-Reform type, Emisa (Hims) Mint (Uncertain legend) Figure, beardless, standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys, holding long cross and globus cruciger Large M, A/N/N/O to left, Staurogram and * above, C / I / C to right, inverted crescent and Y below Mint name in Arabic in exergue 21mm x 23mm, 4.02g Album 103 Ex Midwest "Coins of Christianity" Collection Consignor notes: The Umayyad Caliphate was the second ruling government after the death of Muhammad. At this point, the Islamic Empire was limited to the Saudi Arabian peninsula, but began expanding in 622 AD. Their first conquests included Syria, Judaea, Turkey and Persia in 661 and ended in 750 with the victory over the North African nations along with Spain and France. The coins minted in Syria and Judaea imitated the contemporary Byzantine Empire issues, but included symbols of Christianity and Judaism, such as crosses, staurograms, Christograms and menorah, to appease the populace after the conquests.
	Arab Pseudo-Byzantine, AE Follis imitating Constans II, c.650s-680s +EIST NIK Figure, beardless, standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys, holding long cross and globus cruciger Large cursive m, A/N/N/O to left, cross above, L/F to right CION in exergue 21mm, 2.99g Goodwin Type E; SICA I, 508-525
	Arab Pseudo-Byzantine, AE Follis imitating Constans II, c.650s-680s T L-C-Q-K (C retrograde) Figure, beardless, standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys, long cross in right hand, globus cruciger in left Large m, C/N/N to left, O/A/X to right P K (retrograde) in exergue 19mm x 23mm, 2.42g Goodwin Type E; SICA I, 508-525 Note from Dave Tranbarger: Very close to SICA I, 519, one of a group excavated at Lachish (Tell el Duweir) and published by Metcalf in 1964 including very similar lettering and the reuse of a quartered flan of an earlier follis, which is characteristic of Southern Syria & Palestine at that time.
	Arab-Byzantine, Bilingual AE Fals, 680s-690s, Hims/Emesa KA/L/ON \| "bi-Hims" (in Arabic) / * across fields Bust, beardless, facing, wearing crown and chlamys, globus cruciger in right hand Large m, E/M/I to left, * flanked by two birds eyes above, C/H/C to right Exergue line with "tayyib" (in Arabic, meaning "good") 20mm, 4.36g Album 110; SICA I, 542 Ex Spink and Son, Ltd. Many thanks to Dave Tranbarger for the expanded attribution on this piece