220, Lot: 527. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (17mm, 3.97 g, 5h). Baalbeck (Heliopolis) mint. Two standing imperial figures, each holding cruciform scepter; cross between heads / Large M; cross above, crescent below, mint name in Greek flanking, mint name in Arabic in exergue. SICA I, 586; Walker,
Arab-Byzantine 36; Album 105. Near VF, black patina with orange earthen highlights.