298, Lot: 432. Estimate $100. Sold for $760. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Arab-Byzantine coinage (Standing Caliph type). Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (15mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Qinnasrin mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, with left hand on sheathed sword; Caliph’s name in legend / Transformed cross; wafin bi-qinnasrīn flanking. SICA I, 666-9; Walker 132-3; DOCAB 112-4 var. (arrangement of rev. legend); Album 3530. VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits.