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Extremely Rare Spanish Fals

298, Lot: 433. Estimate $150.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Spain under the Eastern Umayyads. Circa AH 80s / AD 700s. Æ Fals (13mm, 1.90 g, 4h). 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. 1-2. VF, dusty green patina. Extremely rare.