The division of thekalima across obverse and reverse is characteristic of early Umayyad epigraphic reform issues. This bronze fals was struck during the early Umayyad Caliphate, in a period when Islamic coinage was being systematically redefined to reflect the ideological and administrative foundations of the new Islamic state.
Denomination: Follis. Reference: Sear 216. reign: 1 August 527 – 14 November 565. Type: Large M between two stars; above, cross; beneath, officina letter (A) ; in exerge +THEUP+. Mint: Antioch.
Rv GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Emperor Galerius Cæsar. Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Galerius right. Billon Follis. Trier AD 296-7. 7.50 grams 27-8mm.
Caesarea Maritima. Severus Alexander (222-235). Weight: 11.3 g. Condition: Very fine.
Caesarea Maritima. Severus Alexander (222-235). Weight: 11.3 g. Condition: Very fine.
‘Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Ma’mun. AH 199-218 / AD 813-833. Æ Fals (19.2mm, 2.23 g, 6h). Ra’s al-‘Ayn mint. Dated AH 213 (AD 828/9). Shamma p. 153, 9; Album 312.