Numismatic Auction #22

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 680-690, AE fals (4.73g), Tardus (Antardos), ND, A-3525, mint name in Arabic on obverse & Greek on reverse, KAΛωN to right on obverse, Arabic tayyib beneath reverse, attractive Fine, RR. Tardus, modern Tartus, is a Syrian coastal city, together with the Arwad Island about one mile off the coast in the Mediterranean. The medieval mint was probably located on the island, which was the last significant Byzantine holdout against the Arab conquest.