302, Lot: 491. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (19mm, 2.96 g, 3h). Halab (Aleppo) mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, with left hand on sheathed sword; legend with Caliph’s name / Transformed cross;
bi-halab to left,
wāf to right. Sica 1, 615-24 var.; DOCAB 120; Album 3529. Near VF, earthen black patina.