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CNG 90, Lot: 1997. Estimate $300.
Sold for $300. 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 (20mm, 3.29 g, 11h). Ludd (Diosopolis) mint. Arabic male figure standing facing, holding sword; upturned crescent above; “Muhammad ra”in Arabic down left field, “sul Allah” in Arabic up right / Large retrograde m; star above; “filastin” in Arabic down left; “lud” in Arabic up right; downturned crescent in exergue. DOCAB 101; SICA I, p. 89; Walker, Arab-Byzantine p. lxxxviii; Album 3547. VF, red and green patina, traces of earthen encrustation. Extremely rare.