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Nummus / Fals - Anonymous imitating Constans II Arab-Byzantine
| Issuer | Umayyad Caliphate |
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| Year | 680-693 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Beardless imperial effigy standing facing in full-length, crowned and draped in chlamys, holding a long processional cross in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. The figure is rendered in a flat, provincial style characteristic of early Arab-Byzantine imitative coinage, closely copying the iconography of Constans II folles. No visible legend in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Large capital M (the Byzantine denomination mark for 40 nummi) occupies the center of the field, surmounted by a cross (☩). To the left and below appears the Greek letter epsilon (Є) serving as a officina mark. To the right, the regnal inscription A/N/N/O is arranged vertically, derived from the Byzantine anno formula. The die work is crude and characteristic of early Umayyad provincial imitative strikes. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Greek |
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