ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Suleiman ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 96-99 / AD 715-717. Fals of 18 Qirat (Bronze, 26 mm, 5.63 g, 5 h), Baʿalbakk (Baalbek), AH 99 = AD 717/8. Within a circle, ‘lā ilāha / illā Allāh waḥdahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh fī hādhā al-fals thamāniya ʿashar qīrāṭan’ (‘In the name of Allah. There are 18 qirat in this fals’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, ‘Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi Baʿalbakk sana tisʿ wa tisʿīn’ (‘This fals was struck in Baʿalbakk in the year 99’ in Arabic). Album 168. Rare and with attractive earthen highlights. Some scratches and with some doubling on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.