EXCEPTIONAL RARE Ancient Arab Byzantine Fals Baalbek Start Price USD 129.99 Current Price USD 129.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, June 29, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 06, 2008 Location London See more about 'EXCEPTIONAL RARE Ancient Arab Byzantine Fals Baalbek' Description Nikolaos Store You are looking at an Exceptional RARE Arab-Byzantine Bilingual AE Fals. Mint of Baalbek, Heliopolis. c. AD 685-690 (4.04g) Obverse:Two standing imperial figures, each holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger, cross between heads. Reverse: Greek mint name HΛΙOV - ΠOΛE left and right of large M with cross above and officina "crescent" below; Arabic mint name Ba'albakk in exergue Reference: SICA-1, 584ff VF-aEF for issue. A scarce coin due to short duration it was struck. This issue was replaced in AD 690 by the Standing Caliph type of Abd al-Malik. Exceptional! Good luck!!! Thanks for looking! For more Coins, take a LOOK at our ebay shop! http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Malvin-Numismatic_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm Why BUY from ME on ebay? 1) You are guaranteed authenticity for life or your money back!! 2) 7 day satisfaction period from receipt. No Questions asked! 3) We always try to offer coins VeryFine or above condition unless very historically important pieces 4) You avoid unnecessary auction house charges (usually 15% of the hammer price) 5) No delays or overcharged postage (usually $13.00 for insured up to $70 and registered, $4.20 for normal airmail to US). Postage reciept sent along with item. Insurance optional but compulsory for important coins (+$5.00 on postage). 6) Professional advice and always happy to help! Best wishes, Nicolaos Mathioudakis Place a Bid!