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Follis / Fals - two standing figures type Arab-Byzantine
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 680 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Two standing imperial figures facing, each holding a long cross-staff; a smaller cross on steps appears between them in the field. The figures are rendered in a debased Byzantine imperial style, with schematic drapery and simplified facial features characteristic of early Arab-Byzantine transitional coinage. The composition closely imitates late Byzantine folles of the standing-emperor type. |
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| Reverse description | Large capital M (mark of value) centrally placed, surmounted by a cross above and flanked by subsidiary letters in the field. A mint name inscription appears below the M in Arabic, with a corresponding Greek legend alongside. The overall layout follows the Byzantine follis reverse convention, adapted by the early Umayyad administration. |
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| Mintage | 60 (680) |
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