Umayyad Caliphate. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685–705 AD). Fals (No reserve price)

Umayyad Caliphate.
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685–705 AD).
Copper Fals. Lot of 2.

Obv: Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow; legend around
Rev: Transformed cross on steps; Kufic legend around.

Reference: Album, A Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd edition, types 3529 ff.

Item details:
— 2.09 g
— 21 mm / 3.03 g

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, the fifth Umayyad caliph (685-705 AD), stabilized the caliphate after the Second Fitna and centralized Arabic administration. His monetary reforms culminated in purely Islamic coinage in 696-697 AD. Earlier bronze fals, struck in Syria or Palestine, retained Byzantine-influenced imagery: the Standing Caliph with sword and whip, and a transformed cross on steps. Early Kufic inscriptions mark this transitional phase before figural designs gave way to epigraphy.

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