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Follis / Fals - Muawiyah I - standing figure type Arab-Byzantine
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 659-680 |
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| Value | 1 Fals / Nummus (1⁄180) |
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| Reverse lettering | طيب (Translation: good) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Muawiyah I struck these transitional issues while still governing as Amir of Syria, before his proclamation as Caliph in 661 following the assassination of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The standing figure type directly adapted Byzantine imperial prototypes — a deliberate administrative choice in a region where the population was still largely Christian and Greek-speaking, and where coin recognition mattered more than ideological purity.
The type predates the Umayyad monetary reform of Abd al-Malik by roughly two decades, when Arabic text finally displaced figural imagery entirely.