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Details
LOT 3350
Abbasid Caliphate AE Fals. Circa 8th century AD.
Legend in three lines and in margin / Legend in three lines and in margin. Near Very Fine.(3.25gr, 22mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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