288, Lot: 648. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Arab-Byzantine coinage. Circa 690s. Æ Fals (23mm, 2.84 g, 6h). Ilya (Jerusalem) mint. Caliph standing facing, placing hand on hilt of sword; “Mohammed is the messenger of God” around / Large m; īlīyā to left, filastīn to right. Goodwin Type 1; SICA 1, 731; DOCAB 92; Album 3545. Good VF, earthen green and brown patina. Scarce.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 168. Ex Sternberg XXXIV (22 October 1998), lot 702.