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Auction 90 23 May 2012
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (post-reform). AH 77-132 / AD 697-750. Æ Fals (22mm, 3.79 g, 5h). Sarmin(?) mint. Shortened first part of Kalima in two lines / Second part of Kalima in three lines; mint formula. Cf. Bone 3.1; cf. SICA 2, 1224; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine 883; Album 187. VF, dark green patina, some encrustation.
While the beginning of the mint formula can be easily read (“bismillah zuriba haza al-fals bi”), the name of the mint is not complete, owing to the poor preservation of the coin. The beginning of the mint name, however, can be read as “sr” and, given the similarity of this type to others from neighboring mints, it is likely that the mint on this coin is Sarmin.
While the beginning of the mint formula can be easily read (“bismillah zuriba haza al-fals bi”), the name of the mint is not complete, owing to the poor preservation of the coin. The beginning of the mint name, however, can be read as “sr” and, given the similarity of this type to others from neighboring mints, it is likely that the mint on this coin is Sarmin.