378, Lot: 625. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. 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 (21mm, 2.97 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine Standing Caliph type. Ilya (Jerusalem) mint. Caliph standing facing / Large retrograde m with – and • below;
filistin in Arabic to right,
ilya to left. Goodwin Type 3; cf. SICA I 730-1 (for type); cf. DOCAB 92 (same); Album 3545; ICV 136. Fine, thick earthen black-green patina.