Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1681. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARAB-BYZANTINE. Time of al-Malik. 685-705 AD. Æ Fals (3.01 gm). Aelia Filastin (Jerusalem) mint. Struck circa 685-695 AD. Caliph standing facing, with sword at side / "Aelia Filastin", large m. SIC Ashmolean 730 (same reverse die); Walker, Arab-Byzantine 73 (same dies); Berman 50; Album 111. Good VF, original uncleaned dark green patina, distinctive die flaw above m on reverse. ($200)