Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Uncertain period, temp. al-Saffah to al-Amin. AH 132-199 = AD 749-813. Fals (Bronze, 19 mm, 2.59 g), Asqalan (Ashkelon in Israel), without date, struck circa AH 132-184 = AD 750-800. Album F282. An extremely rare mint. Light deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 36, 23 January 2017, 334.