Savoca Coins
Online Auction 100 | Silver 18 Apr 2021
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Arab-Byzantine. Halab (Aleppo). Time of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86.
Fals AE
21 mm, 4,04 g
Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow; around, 'J li' abd Allah' abd al-Malik amir al-Mu'minin' / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in field to left, mint bi-halab, in field to right, wāf ('full weight' in Kufic); around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad Rasul Allah.
good very fine
DOCAB -; Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Type IV; SICA I, 619.
From the Tareq Hani collection.
Fals AE
21 mm, 4,04 g
Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow; around, 'J li' abd Allah' abd al-Malik amir al-Mu'minin' / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in field to left, mint bi-halab, in field to right, wāf ('full weight' in Kufic); around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad Rasul Allah.
good very fine
DOCAB -; Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Type IV; SICA I, 619.
From the Tareq Hani collection.