Standing imperial figure, holding long cruciform scepter and globus cruciger; crescent to upper right, instead of the "K/Δ/Λ-O/N" // Large M; staurogram above, Δ below, Є/M/H-C/[I/C] across, tayyib in exergue. 21mm, 3.66 grams. Hims (Emesa) mint, minted in the 680's AD. Album 3516

These coins are among the earliest coins of the first Islamic Caliphate. Before the more familiar anepigraphic types were issued by the Ummayad, the arab conquerors used a slightly modified Byzantine coinage in the conquered Byzantine lands.