378, Lot: 626. Estimate $100.
Sold for $360. 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 (20mm, 2.49 g, 1h). Arab-Byzantine Standing Caliph type. Qinnasrīn (?) mint. Struck circa 690s. Caliph standing facing, holding hilt of sword / Modified cross potent set on steps;
bi-qinnasrīn(?) in Arabic to left,
wāf in Arabic to right. SICA 1, 666-71; DOCAB 112-4; Album 3530; cf. ICV 138. VF, earthen black-green patina.
