450, Lot: 465. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. 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 (17mm, 2.39 g, 11h). ‘Standing Caliph’ coinage. Tanukh mint. Struck circa AH 70-81 (AD 690-700). Caliph standing facing, holding sword / Transformed cross set on three steps; bi-tanukh to left, wāf to right. SICA I, 656 var. (field inscriptions on rev. switched); DOCAB 129; Walker p. 41, P10; Album 3531. Orangish earthen dark green patina, areas of weak strike at periphery. VF. Rare.