263, Lot: 442. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (20mm, 4.13 g, 3h). Ilya (Jerusalem) mint. Caliph standing facing, hand on sheathed sword / Large m;
filastin to either side. SICA I -; cf. Goodwin 43 (for obv. die) and 45; Album 111. Near VF. Rare.
Ex Professor Iso Baydon Collection.
This lot is part of small group of standing Caliph coins of irregular style (see Goodwin 42-45), which could be contemporary imitations.