Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1350. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (3.40 g, 3h). Standing Caliph type. Manbij (Hierapolis) mint. Caliphal figure with schematic long hair standing facing, wearing flared robe and no girdle band; “amir al-mu’minin” in Arabic down left field; “khalifat allah” in Arabic down right / Transformed cross standing on three steps; “waf” in Arabic up left field; mint name in Arabic up right; portion of Kalima around . SICA I 679-80 (same obv. die); Walker, Arab-Byzantine 102; Album 112. EF, attractive brown patina with dusty earthen overtones. Exceptional strike for issue and very rare.