282, Lot: 420. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Standing Caliph coinage. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (22mm, 4.45 g, 12h). Hims (Emesa) mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, hand on sheathed sword / Transformed cross; six-pointed star to left, bi-hims to right. SICA I, 691; Walker 120; DOCAB 109-110; Album 3539. VF, brown patina. Traces of undertype visible in margins. Quite nice for issue.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.