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Great Britain. Windsor, Elizabeth II AR Maundy Money Set. Dated 1993.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising: Set of Four, Three, Two and One Penny denominations in a Maundy coin box. 48.28gr total.
Uncirculated.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Cook Islands. Windsor, Elizabeth II AR Maundy Money Set. Dated 2002.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising: Set of Four, Three, Two and One Penny denominations in a Maundy coin box. 117gr total.
Uncirculated.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
England. Saxe-Corburg-Gotha, Group of Three [3] Edward VII AR Coins. 1902-1908.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types. 7.74gr total.
UNC.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AD 685-690. Hims (Emesa) mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Crowned imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; KAΛON downwards to left, 'bi-hims' in Arabic to right / Large cursive M above exergual line; star flanked by two wavy lines above, EMI-CHC (mintname) flanking, 'tayyib' in Arabic in exergue. Cf. SICA I 549-552. 4.60gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate, Time of Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya AE Fals. AH 60-64 (AD 680-683). 'Pseudo-Damascus' mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Imperial figure seated on throne, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; star to left of head [and crescent to right?], in field to left, stylized bird on T-shaped porch; uncertain design above Є to right / Large m in centre; above, cross; in exergue, ΔΘM\; to left and right, [A] N O X Ւ II (date); in the angles of m, annulets. Cf. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 233, Fig. 104 (M instead of m; date and symbols). 2.98gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya, AH 60-64 (AD 680-683). 'Pseudo-Damascus' mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left / Large M; above, cross; below, officina mark of inverted crescent; around blundered Arabic legend reading 'darb dimashq ja'iz' (=current issue [of] Dimashq). Cf. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 82, fig. 19, type 97 (for reverse). 2.73gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Half Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Baysan (Scythopolis) mint. Arab-Byzantine type: Justin II and Sophia (Type I).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
[...]KV[...]-ΠO[...], two imperial figures enthroned facing, both nimbate and holding crucifom sceptre / Large K; cross above, A N N O ЧII across field, I below. APBQ B1; Album 3510; ICV 129. 2.71gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate. Pre-reform issues, Imperial Image Coinage CU Fals/Follis. Struck circa AD 680s-690s. Uncertain (Gerasa?) mint. Arab-Byzantine type: Justin II and Sophia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large M; above, cross; A Ͷ Ͷ [...] (date) to left and right; A below, OͶI[?] in exergue. Not in the standard references. 10.03gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished variety.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Halab mint. Arab-Byzantine Type: Standing Caliph.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side; ['for the servant of Allah Abd al-Malik, the commander of the believers'] around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and two steps; 'bi-Halab' (mint) upwards to left; 'wāfin' (full weight) downwards to left; 'there is no god but Allah alone, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah' around. Cf. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Halab, Type IV, 284. 2.50gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Sarmīn mint. Arab-Byzantine type: Standing Caliph.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side, legend around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and three steps; mintname divided in left and right field; legend around. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Sarmin, Type I, 342-354. 3.09gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Struck AH 74-80 (AD 693/4-699/700). Amman mint. 'Standing Caliph' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow; legend around / Transformed cross standing on three steps; 'Amman' in Kufic to right, eight-rayed star to left; around, part of the first Kalima. Cf. SICA I, 718. 3.04gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. AW (Ahwaz) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl III/1; Alram 885. 3.85gr, 26mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.