Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Fals (22 mm, 3.77 g, 11 h), Homs (Emesa). Caliph standing facing, right hand on pommel of sword and left at sheath at his side. Rev. Transformed cross potent on steps; eight-rayed star in left field; mint name in right field. Walker, Arab-Byzantine 119. Attractive desert patina. Very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.