Watch List notes:

Islamic, Umayyad, Abd al-Malik, (A.H. 65-86) (A.D. 685-705), gold dinar, (4.27 g), anonymous dinar, no mint name (but Damascus mint), dated A.H. 83 = A.D. 702-703, (A.125, Kazan 7, Wilkes 161). Full flan, nearly extremely fine and very scarce.

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection and previously from CNG eSale 126, 10 November 2005 (lot 387).

One of the earliest Islamic gold dinars.