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Follis / Fals - standing caliph type - Iliya with star - Jerusalem - Arab-Byzantine
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 690-698 |
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| Weight | 3.08 g |
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| Obverse description | Standing frontal figure of the caliph rendered in the Byzantine imperial tradition, wearing long robes and a crown with pendilia, holding a globus cruciger in the left hand and a long sceptre or staff in the right. The figure is depicted in a hieratic, frontal pose typical of late Byzantine and early Umayyad transitional coinage. The fields show traces of a surrounding Kufic Arabic legend. The overall style reflects the Arab-Byzantine period during which Islamic authorities overstruck or imitated existing Byzantine folles designs. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic (Kufic) |
| Obverse lettering | محمد رسول الله (Translation: Muhamad rasul allah: `Mohammed is the messenger of God.`) |
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