Pre-reform Arab-Byzantine follis, c.680-695 CE, Ummayad Caliphate

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Bust of Constans II facing, holding globus cruciger, crude degraded inscriptions around / Large M surrounded by degraded inscriptions. 26mmx19mm, 3.69 grams. Uncertain mint (imitating Cyzicus?). Walker -.

These coins are the earliest coins of the first Islamic Caliphate - after conquering the Byzantine Middle East, they issued coins in the corrupted style of Byzantine lli (especially of Constans II). These circulates for about a few decades, until the end of the 7th century.


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