ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Fals (Bronze, 19 mm, 2.90 g, 3 h), ‘Standing Caliph’ type, Hims (Emesa), circa AH 74-80 / AD 693-700. Within a dotted circle, caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword; to right and left, ‘li ʿabd Allah ʿAbd al-Malik – amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘For the servant of Allah, Abd al-Malik, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a dotted circle, transformed cross on four steps; to left and right, ‘ḍuriba – bi Ḥimṣ’ (‘Struck in Hims’ in Arabic); around, ‘lā ilāha illā [Allāh waḥdahū Mu]ḥamma[d] rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic). Album 3539. Areas of weakness and with earthen deposits, otherwise, about very fine.