Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.5mm, 2.83 g, 9h). Wasit mint. Dated AH 126 (AD 743/4). Four large plain annulets in obverse margin. Klat 719.b. Near EF with some luster. This variety with four obverse annulets is the only Umayyad silver issue which can be securely assigned to the short-lived caliph Yazid III.
Umayyad Caliphate, Bronze coinage. Æ Fals (16.3mm, 3.72 g, 1h). Without mint-name (struck in Spain or North Africa). Reverse field: Muhammad / 'abd Allah / wa rasuluhu. Walker 699. VF. The reverse legend on this rare type translates as 'Muhammad is the slave of God and His Messenger.'
Umayyad Caliphate, Bronze coinage. Æ Fals (22.2mm, 3.25 g, 6h). 'Asqalan mint. Undated. Six-pointed star at 12h on outer circle on reverse. SNAT IVa, 169-171; Walker P.139; Album 167. VF. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.
Umayyad Caliphate, Bronze coinage. Æ Fals (24.8mm, 2.84 g, 3h). Saffuriyia mint. Undated. Walker p. 266, P.135; SNAT IVa, 280 (same reverse die); Album 186. Fine. Clear mint-name. Rare. Walker notes that Saffuriya was, "the ancient Sepphoris, some three miles north-west of Nazareth."
Umayyad Caliphate, Bronze coinage. Æ Fals (15.4mm, 2.49 g, 8h). Without mint-name (assigned to Iliya). Undated. Muhammad / rasul / Allah in three lines / Five-branched candelabrum, first part of kalima around. SNAT IVa, 29-31; Album 163.2. Black patina. VF. Well struck for issue. From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection.
Umayyad Caliphate. PB Seal (18.4mm, 7.51 g, 11h). Lillah stamped in a circular punch on both sides (hence possibly once used to seal a bag of alms?). Attractive tan patina. Good VF. Ex Morton & Eden (24 June 2021), lot 71.
Umayyad Caliphate. Square uniface lead weight (11.5mm, 3.91 g). In three lines: bismillah / mithqal / dinar within square frame. Cf Morton & Eden 101 (27 June 2019), lot 82. Good Fine.
Umayyad Caliphate, Bronze coinage. al-Walid I b. 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. Æ Fals of 20 qirat (21.4mm, 3.67 g, 3h). Tabariya mint. Undated. Name of caliph in obverse margin / Mint-name and weight '20 qirats' in reverse margin; branch to right of reverse field. SNAT IVa, 313-319; Walker p. 270, Zam.1; Album 129B. VF.
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. AV Dinar (18.8mm, 4.11 g, 11h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 137 (AD 754/5). SICA 3, 19; Bernardi 51; Album 212. Ex ring-mount; graffiti in fields. Good Fine.