Details
LOT 4057
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750).
Legend in three lines in Arabic / Legend in three lines in Arabic. Very Fine.(2.59gr, 16mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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