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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Byzantine Coins - AE Follis Group. 5th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: various emperors, issues and reverse types. 76.72gr total, 21-34mm
Fine - Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Empire of Trebizond, Alexius II Comnenus AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
St. Eugenius on horseback to right, holding cruciform sceptre; O A(ligate) ЄV-Γ-NI across fields, lis below / Emperor on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; A-ΛЄ to right, Ͷ before, lis below, sun in upper right field. Bendall 52; SB 2619. 1.92gr, 21mm, 7h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
John I Zimisces AR Miliaresion. AD 969-976.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Constantinople mint. + IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA ✶, crosslet set on globus above two steps; in central medallion, crowned bust facing, Iധ AҺ flanking / + IധAҺҺ, ЄҺ X'ധ AVTOCRAT, ЄVSЄЬ' ЬASILЄVS RധMAIധ' in five lines; ornaments above and below. DOC 7a; SB 1792. 1.58gr, 20mm, 6h
Very Fine. Flan crack at 11h.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian.
