282, Lot: 418. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Standing Caliph coinage. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (18mm, 1.22 g, 5h). Baalbek (Heliopolis) mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, hand on sheathed sword; eight-rayed star to right / Transformed cross on steps;
ba‘labakk to right. SICA I, 701; Walker p. 32, Vat. 2; DOCAB -; Album 3541. VF, earthen dark green patina.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.