ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.27 g, 6 h), Dimashq, AH 87 = AD 705/6. 'La ilah / illa Allah / wahdahu' ('There is no God but Allah, alone' in Kufic); around, 'Amara bihi ‘abd-Allah al-Walid Amir al-Mu’minin' ('ordered by the Servant of God al-Walid, Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic). Rev. 'Muhammad / Rasul / Allah' ('Muhammad is the Prophet of God' in Kufic); around, 'bism Allah duriba hadha’l-fals bi-dimashq fi sana sab‘ wa thamanin' ('in the name of Allah this fals was struck in Dimashq in the year seven and eighty' in Kufic). SICA II, 1189. Beautiful earthen deposits. Very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.