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Details
LOT 3349
Umayyads, Anonymous AE Fals. Circa AH 101-121 (AD 720-740). Al-Ramla (Palestine) mint.
Palm branch; Kalima around / Pellet within crescent; mint formula around. Cf. Album 185; cf. Walker 855. Near Very Fine.(2.08gr, 16mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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