265, Lot: 437. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (20mm, 3.45 g, 2h). Uncertain mint in southern Bilad al-Sham. Byzantine emperor standing facing, holding long cross and [globus cruciger?] / Large M; cross above, pseudo-legend around. Cf. SICA I 517ff; Goodwin p. 161-2; Album 113. VF, earthen green patina.