Extremely Rare Spanish Fals

283, Lot: 458. Estimate $100. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Spain under the Eastern Umayyads. Circa AH 80s / AD 700s. Æ Fals (12mm, 1.51 g, 11h). Beginning of Shahada / Continuation of Shahada around helmeted head right within beaded border. Walker p. 222, Th. 12; Album C122; P. Lampinen, “The figural bronze fals of the Ummayads in Spain,” CNR XIX, 2 (1994), p. 5, fig. 1 (this coin). VF, earthen green patina. Extremely rare.