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LOT 4061
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Uncertain mint.
Inscription in Arabic in three lines in centre / Inscription in Arabic in three lines in centre and in margin; star or pentagram-in-circle above. Very Fine.(2.37gr, 16mm, 4h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Inscription in Arabic in three lines in centre / Inscription in Arabic in three lines in centre and in margin; star or pentagram-in-circle above. 2.37gr, 16mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
