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376, Lot: 660. 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 (21mm, 4.36 g, 8h). Arab-Byzantine, Imperial bust type (Type VII). Hims (Emesa) mint. Struck circa 685-690s. Crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger; K/AΛ/O/N (= “good”) to left, bi-hims and pellet to right / Large m; above, star between pellets-in-annulets, Є/M/I-C/H/C across, tayyib (= “good”) in exergue. SICA 1, 541 cf. DOCAB 69-71; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine, 65 (for type); Album 3524; ICV 133. Fine, earthen dark green patina, roughness on reverse.