370, Lot: 578. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. 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 (21mm, 4.35 g, 12h). Standing caliph type. Hims (Emesa) mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, holding hilt of sword / Modified cross potent set on steps; bi-hims in Arabic to right. SICA 1, 695-6; DOCAB 111; Walker, Arab-Byzantine, 118; Album 3539; ICV 138. VF, earthen brown patina.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Ancient Arts FPL B (May 1974), no. 104.