Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 118Auction date: 8 April 2024
Lot number: 2228

Price realized: 35 GBP   (Approx. 44 USD / 41 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. Dimashq (Damascus) mint, circa AD 690-700. Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow / Transformed cross on four steps; Dimashq to left. DOCAB 104-6 var. (position of mint name); Goodwin 58 var. (same); cf. SICA I 704. 3.63g, 18mm, 9h.

Very Fine.

Estimate: 25 GBP

Match 1:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 116Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 1586

Price realized: 200 GBP   (Approx. 253 USD / 233 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. 'Amman, circa AD 685-705. Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band of three separate strands hanging from elbow / Transformed cross on three steps; 'Amman (mint) to right, star to left. DOCAB 107; SICA I 718-9; Goodwin 60. 5.27g, 22mm, 2h.

Good Very Fine; a well-centred and complete example.

Estimate: 50 GBP

Match 2:
VAuctions > NBJ Auction 10Auction date: 6 December 2023
Lot number: 140

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Qinnasrin, circa AD 685-705. Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow. Transformed cross on 3 steps; waf ('full value') to left, bi-qinnasrin (mint) to right. (2.98gm, 20mm) Very Fine.

Estimate: 300 USD

Starting price: 150 USD

Match 3:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 116Auction date: 18 January 2024
Lot number: 1587

Price realized: 30 GBP   (Approx. 38 USD / 35 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. Yubna, circa AD 685-705. Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; Muhammad in Arabic to left, rasul Allah in Arabic to right / Large cursive M; Yubna in Arabic to right, [Filastin] in Arabic to left. DOCAB 93-100; SICA I -. 3.61g, 22mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

Estimate: 50 GBP

Match 4:
Tauler & Fau > Auction 138Auction date: 24 January 2024
Lot number: 757

Price realized: 80 EUR   (Approx. 87 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Other Islamic coins. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Fals. 74-80 H. Umayyad Caliphate. (Goodwin-Type I). (SICA-I 612). Anv.: 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'. Rev.: Transformed cross standing on three steps; in field to left, wāf ('full weight' in Kufic); in field to right, 'Halab' in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad rasul Allah'. Ae. 1,97 g. VF. Est...50,00.

Spanish Description: Otras Acuñaciones Islámicas. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Felús. 74-80 H. Califato Omeya. (Goodwin-Type I). (SICA-I 612). Anv.: Califa en pie de frente, barbado, colocando su mano derecha en el pomo de su espada y látigo que cuelga de su codo derecho: alrededor 'J li' abd Allah' abd al-Malik Amir al-Mu'minin'. Rev.: Cruz transformada sobre tres peldaños; en el campo izquierdo wāf; en el campo derecho 'Halab' en cúfico; alredeodr parte de la primera lectura de Kalima 'Halab' in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad rasul Allah'. Ae. 1,97 g. MBC. Est...50,00.

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 5680

Price realized: 160 CHF   (Approx. 182 USD / 169 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Fals (Bronze, 17 mm, 3.20 g, 1 h), 'Standing Caliph' type, Halab, AH 74-80 = AD 693/4-699/700. 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' ('for the servant of God, Abd al-Malik, Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic). Rev. Transformed cross containing three pellets and standing on three steps; in field to left, wāf ('full weight' in Kufic); in field to right, 'Halab' in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad rasul Allah' ('There is no God but God alone; Muhammad is the messenger of God'). DOCAB -. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, 238 (same reverse die). SICA I, -. A very rare variety with three pellets within the transformed cross. Struck on a somewhat short flan and with some deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 25 CHF