LOT 3680
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Halab mint. 'Standing Caliph' type. Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword, girdle band hanging from his right elbow; around, 'for the servant of God, Abd al-Malik, Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, 'full weight' in Kufic; in right field, mint halab in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima in Kufic. DOCAB 118; Goodwin & Gyselen p. 54, 43. Near Very Fine.(4.03gr, 19mm, 11h).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo IV and Leo III, AV Solidus. AD 741-775.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Constantinople mint; struck AD 764-773. C LЄON P A MЧL, crowned facing bust of Leo III wearing loros, holding cross potent in right hand / COҺSƮAҺƮIҺOS S LЄOҺ O ҺЄOS, crowned facing busts of Constantine V and Leo IV, each wearing chlamys; cross above. DOC 2a.1; SB 1551. 4.34gr, 19mm, 6h
Extremely Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Justinian I AE Follis. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Constantinople mint; dated RY 18 = AD 544/5. 2nd officina. D N IVSTNI-ANVS(sic) P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO X-Ч-III (date) across field, cross above, B below, CON in exergue. Cf. DOC 43 (obverse legend variety not recorded); SB 163. 18.02gr, 33mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina. Very rare engraver's error.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s; Property of a London, antiquarian. -
John I Zimisces AR Miliaresion. AD 969-976.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Constantinople mint. ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA✶, crosslet set on globus above two steps; in central medallion, crowned bust facing, Iധ-AҺ flanking / ✠ IധAҺҺ, ЄҺ Xധ AVTOCRAT, ЄVSЄЬ' ЬASILЄVS RധMAIധ' in five lines; ornament above and below. DOC 7a; SB 1792. 2.50gr, 21mm, 6h
Very Fine. Toned; blue and golden iridescence around the devices on both sides.
From a private UK collection in the 1980s; Property of a London antiquarian.
