343, Lot: 670. Estimate $150.
Sold for $90. 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, 2.18 g, 5h). Standing Caliph type. Tanukh mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, holding hilt of sword / Modified cross potent set on steps;
bi-tanukh in Arabic upward to left,
wāf in Arabic downward to right. SICA I, 656; DOCAB 129; Walker,
Arab-Byzantine –; Album 3531. VF, earthen black patina. A rarer mint.
