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LOT 3681
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Post-reform AH 77-132 (AD 697-750).
Iliya (Jerusalem) mint. Candlestick with five branches; 'There is no god but Allah alone' in Kufic around / 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Kufic. Cf. D. Barag, "The Islamic Candlestick Coins of Jerusalem" in INJ 10, type 4; cf. Walker 605; cf. Album 163.2. Very Fine.(2.71gr, 16mm, 11h).
Provenance
Acquired from Hassam Zurqieh, February 2016, no. AA824.
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