346, Lot: 577. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. 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 (14mm, 1.47 g, 10h). Arab-Byzantine Standing Caliph type. Halab (Aleppo) mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, placing hand on hilt of sword / Transformed cross; bi-halab to left, wāf to right. SICA 1, 615; Album 3529. VF, earthen black patina. Unusually sharp face of the caliph.