'Irqa

ABBASID: AE fals (2.32g), 'Irqa, ND, A-A288, mint name below obverse half of the kalima (rather than the more frequent variety with the mint name at the end of 2nd line of the obverse), name Humayd below the reverse half of the kalima, without the name Muhammad b. Yahya, cast, appears to be an unpublished type, VF, RRR. Very rare mint in Lebanon, operated only in the Abbasid period for a few very rare copper fulus. Estimate: 250-350 USD...

Lot 375