(ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Hadi, AH 169-170 / AD 785-786. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 2.37 g, 11 h), al-ʿAbbasiya, AH 170 = 786. This dirham was struck in al-ʿAbbasiya in the year 170’ in Arabic).
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Arab-Byzantine, c. 660s-680s. Æ Fals (21mm, 5.21g, 6h), Emperor standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger. R/ Cursive M; cross above; ANNO to l., NEO to r. Cf. Album 3504.
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Mint: Probably Tabariya (Tiberias). A striking and scarce late Umayyad bronze fals, likely struck at Tabariya (Tiberias), featuring the unusual and highly collectible lion motif. Denomination: AE Fals.
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Mint: Tabariya (Tiberias). Outer margin: bism Allah duriba hadha al-fals fi Tabariya. Tabariya was an important administrative center in Jund al-Urdunn, and its bronze coinage is known for unusual symbolic devices including trees, birds, crescents, and floral forms.
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ABBASID: AE fals (4.00g), al-Rafiqa, AH208, A-310, citing the governor Marfaq (known on al-Rafiqa copper dated 208 and 210, of which only 210 is only scarce), VF, RR.
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Umayyad Caliphate. Æ anonymous fals (18.0 mm, 2.64 g, 2 h). Dimashq mint, ND. Kufic legend in three lines la ilaha / illallah / wahdahu, branch below / Kufic lengend in three-lines duriba / bi-dimashq / al-fals, crescent.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Fals (Bronze, 13 mm, 2.47 g, 11 h), ʿAmman, undated. Within a dotted circle, ‘lā ilāha / illā Allāh / waḥdahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘ ʿAmmān’ (‘This fals was struck in ʿAmman’ in Arabic).
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Halab (Aleppo). This issue of Sultan al-Nasir Faraj from the mint of Halab displays a fleur-de-lis design, a motif likely influenced by earlier Crusader heraldic imagery present in the Levant. Al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Faraj.
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Denomination: AE Fals. After the Islamic conquests, local authorities continued issuing familiar Byzantine-style copper coinage to ensure monetary stability. Reverse: Large upright “M” (40 nummi denomination) beneath cross.
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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals al Ramla Crescent Star Album 185 Authentic Ancient Islamic Coin. This copper fals was struck at al-Ramla during the later Umayyad period, circa the 90s AH (early 8th century AD).
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