Umayyad Baysan Fals
$390.00
SKU: Lot 34 A.
Period: Islamic Period.
Date: 705-709 AD.
Weight: Æ Fals 3.4 grams.
Material: Bronze.
Description
Description
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate, Baysan (Beit She’an , Nysa-Scythopolis) mint.
temp. al-Walid I ibn ‘Abd al-Malik, AH 86-96 / AD 705-715, Struck circa AD 705-709.
Obverse: la ilaha / illa llah / wahdahu in treble circle
لا اله الا الله وحده
reverse: muhammad / rasul / allah, mint indicated in marginal legend bism allah durib hath al fals bi Baysan with star Walker, Arab-Byzantine p. 240, Bel 4; SNA Tübingen IVa 265-71; Album 170.
