451, Lot: 525. 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 (20mm, 3.15 g, 11h). ‘Standing Caliph’ coinage. Halab (Aleppo) mint. Struck circa AH 70-81 (AD 690-700). Caliph standing facing, holding sword / Transformed cross set on three steps; bi-halab to left, wāf to right. SICA I, 615-24; Walker 106-14; Album 3531; ICV 138. Orangish earthen dark green patina, areas of hard green, attempted piercing in antiquity. VF.