367, Lot: 628. Estimate $150. Sold for $530. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (23mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine Standing Caliph type. Ilya (Jerusalem) mint. Caliph standing facing / Large m, star above;
lyain Arabic to left,
filistin in Arabic to right,
ilya to right; initial
i in Arabic in exergue. Goodwin Type 3; cf. SICA I 730-1 (for type); cf. DOCAB 92 (same); ; Walker,
Arab-Byzantine 73-82; ; Album 3545; ICV 136. VF, earthen dark green patina, a few traces of hard green.