Early Islamic Umayyad Bronze Fals (about 1,335-1,325 years ago)

$52.80

Umayyad Transitional Bronze Fals (680-690 CE) — Islam's First Coins

NGC certified bronze fals from early Umayyad Caliphate — transitional Byzantine-to-Islamic currency 50 years after Prophet Muhammad.

Reformed Byzantine Design

• Obverse: Standing caliph figure — Byzantine imperial pose, crosses removed

• Reverse: Large M + Kufic Arabic — shahada replaces Greek legends

Technical Specifications

• Material: Bronze (AE)

• Denomination: Fals (ex-Byzantine follis)

• Certification: NGC slabbed

• Period: AH 60-70/AD 680-690 (pre-reform)

• Mints: Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt

Islamic Monetary Revolution

• First coins after Byzantine conquest

• Crosses defaced → Islamic aniconism begins

• Pre-Abd al-Malik pure Arabic reform (AH 77)

• Rapid empire expansion currency

Collector Masterpiece

Birth of Islamic coinage. Byzantine skeleton + Kufic script = caliphate's first money.

Note: Coins shown are representative examples of grade/type, not actual specimens. For details on NGC's grading standards and definitions, please refer to our NGC Grading page.

Umayyad Transitional Bronze Fals (680-690 CE) — Islam's First Coins

NGC certified bronze fals from early Umayyad Caliphate — transitional Byzantine-to-Islamic currency 50 years after Prophet Muhammad.

Reformed Byzantine Design

• Obverse: Standing caliph figure — Byzantine imperial pose, crosses removed

• Reverse: Large M + Kufic Arabic — shahada replaces Greek legends

Technical Specifications

• Material: Bronze (AE)

• Denomination: Fals (ex-Byzantine follis)

• Certification: NGC slabbed

• Period: AH 60-70/AD 680-690 (pre-reform)

• Mints: Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt

Islamic Monetary Revolution

• First coins after Byzantine conquest

• Crosses defaced → Islamic aniconism begins

• Pre-Abd al-Malik pure Arabic reform (AH 77)

• Rapid empire expansion currency

Collector Masterpiece

Birth of Islamic coinage. Byzantine skeleton + Kufic script = caliphate's first money.

Note: Coins shown are representative examples of grade/type, not actual specimens. For details on NGC's grading standards and definitions, please refer to our NGC Grading page.