Mediaeval Arabic. Umayyad Caliphate, AE Fals, 19mm, 2.90g, time of Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 (= 661-679 CE), circa 642-646 CE, pseudo-Byzantine type, obverse; Emperor (Caliph) standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger, a perched falcon in left field, reverse; Damascus mint, mintmark ΔAM below large angular M dividing A / N / O - X / -I / II, "officina mark" between legs of M; an inverted crescent above short horizontal line, Fine.
