I received this coin from Mr. Scott Semans, Great Numismatist in USA, in 1995.  Unfortunately, it did not come with an identification. I have been trying to identify this coin

for over 30 years, but I still haven't been able to properly identify it.  I believe it is an Umayyad copper coin.  The Zeno List contains 3330 pieces of Umayyad copper coins.

I have yet to find a listing for this exact coin.

The following list is provisional. I hope the next nice owner will proceed with the identification of this coin and achieve a proper identification.  Thank you.

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This Copper Fals coin was issued under Al Walid ibn Talid (AH 114-121, 733-739 AD), an Umayyad governor of Mosul in present-day Iraq.   The size is 21 x 20 mm,

and the weight is 1.93 gr.  Slightly wavy flan.  Worn out for the long circulation.  Faint and attractive design.   There is no listings of this coin in the Numista Catalogue. 

Numista-81069 is somewhat similar to this coin.  The Numista rarity index of Numista-81069, is "92".   This coin is probably rare and hard to get.

Umayyad Caliphate (AH  41-132, 661-750 AD) was the second of the four major caliphates.  Dimashq City was their capital.  They continued the Muslim conquests,

incorporating the Transoxiana, Sindh, the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula into the Muslim world.  At its greatest extent, Umayyad Caliphate covered 11,100,000 ㎢,

making it one of the largest empires in history in terms of area.  The Caliphate ruled over a vast multiethnic and multi-cultural population.  Christians, who still

constituted a majority of the caliphate's population, and Jews were allowed to practice their own religion but had to pay a head tax (the jizya) from which Muslims were

exempt.  There was, however, the Muslim-only zakat tax, which was earmarked explicitly for various welfare programs for the benefit of Muslims or Muslim converts.

[The above explanations are quoted from Wikipedia on each item.]

I will attach a share free historical map of "Sham region was just the start of Arab expansion".   Mosul (al-Mawsil) City is located at (36.3593, 43.1520) in the google

location system.  I will attach some photos of the city from the google map system and from the google street view system.

Provenance: Ex Mr. Scott Semans, Great Numismatist, who lives in Washington State, USA.  I have received it in 1995.  Over 30 years ago.

Catalogue number is MI-82+, Zeno-296086+, and Numista-81069+.   

        MI Catalogue is "Oriental coins and their values, The World of Islam", written by Michael Mitchiner, published by Hawkins Publications in London in 1977.  

        Zeno List online catalogue is "Zeno. Ru - Oriental Coins Database".

        Numista Catalogue is "Coin Catalogue-Numista", a unique platform to learn, collect, swap and share about numismatics.

Size: 21 x 20 mm.   Weight: 1.93 gr.

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