ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.21 g, 12 h), 'Standing Caliph' type, Iliya Filastin (Jerusalem), AH 74-80 / AD 693/4-699/700. Caliph standing facing, bearded and with his wavy hair flowing over his shoulders, placing his right hand on his sword and with whip hanging from his right hip; around, 'Muhammad rasul Allah' (Muhammad is the messenger of God' in Kufic).
Rev. Large and cursive m in center; to left, 'Iliya' in Kufic; to right, 'Filastin' in Kufic; above, crescent; in exergue, pellet. DOCAB 92 var. (differing controls). Goodwin, Khalili Collection, p. 99, 27 (
same obverse die) and, idem, Standing Caliph Coinage, Iliya Filastin, Type I. I. Schulze, The Standing Caliph Coins of Jerusalem, 327 (
this coin). SICA I, 730. var. (differing controls). Very well struck and in exceptional condition for this usually crude issue. Extremely fine.
Ex Album 13, 18 May 2012, 167 (uncleaned).