345, Lot: 586. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (22mm, 2.65 g, 7h). Arab-Byzantine Standing Caliph type. Uncertain mint. Caliph standing facing, holding hilt of sword / Modified cross potent set on steps; illah in Arabic upward to left, s[...] in Arabic downward to right. Cf. Album 3532; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Fine, earthen black-green patina.