344, Lot: 559. 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 (19mm, 3.25 g, 2h). Standing Caliph type. Hims (Emesa) mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, holding hilt of sword / Modified cross potent set on steps; star to left, bi-hims to right. SICA 1, 689-94; DOCAB 108-10; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine 119 (for type); Album 3539. VF, earthen black patina, areas of flat strike, obverse double struck.