Ancient Homs was famous for minting money…

Homs is considered one of the ancient cities that were famous for minting coins, as historical sources indicate that it was the first city where Islamic coins were minted due to its importance at that stage.

In view of the great importance that the city of Homs enjoyed, the Roman Emperor Antonius Pius, the ruler of Rome, minted coins between the years 138 and 161 AD on which the sacred Homs stone, carried by an eagle was inscribed and the word Imishon, which means Homsi people, was written around it.

The “Dar Al-Sakah” in Homs minted a large number of beautiful copper coins, some of which were decorated with animal drawings, such as the elephant, and others did not have any inscriptions or pictures.

The city of Homs continued to mint money at the beginning of the Abbasid state, but for many reasons, the power of Homs began to weaken and decline. With the beginning of the Ayyubid period, signs of investment boom, population growth, and urbanization rebounded.

Amal Farhat