Lot # 728 - Arab-byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, pre-reform coinage. AE Fals, Tiberias mint, 41-77 H / 661-697 AD. D/ Heraclius, flanked by Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas, facing. R/ Large M. Walker 43. AE. 4.92 g. 23 mm. Red desert patina. VF. Byzantine authority collapsed in the face of repeated assaults on the borders of Syria-Palestine in the late 6th-early 7th century CE. As a result of this power vacuum, the cities of the region began to strike their first autonomous civic coinage in almost 400 years. This became the basis for the Islamic system of dispersed local mints providing regional coinage. (CNG 63, 845, note).

Lot # 729 - Tabaristan. Dabuyid Ispahbads of Tabaristan, Khurshid (c. 741-760 AD). AR Hemidrachm. Tabaristan mint. D/ Crowned Sassanian style bust right; 'pd in Pahlavi in outer margin. R/ Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Album 52; Malek 32.1-4. AR. 1.78 g. 23 mm. Some porosity. Attractive light toning. VF.

Lot # 730 - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan, 'Umar b. al-'Ala (155-164 AH / 771-780 AD). AR Hemidrachm, Tabaristan mint, PYE 123 (158 AH / 775 AD). D/ Crowned Sassanian style bust right; three stars-in-crescents and Pahlavi legends around. R/ Fire altar with flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Album 56. AR. 2.65 g. 24 mm. VF. Some deposits.

Lot # 731 - The Abbasid Caliphate. Harun al-Rashid (170-193 AH / 786-809 AD). AR Dirham, Madinat Al-Salam mint, 188 AH. Album 219.2. AR. 2 g. 26 mm. Lightly toned. VF.

Lot # 732 - Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (386-411 AH / 996-1021 AD). AV 1/4 Dinar or Robai. D/ Shi'ite kalima in three lines; legend around. R/ Name and titles in three lines; legend around. Album 710. AV. 0.75 g. 13 mm. Slightly clipped. VF.