Details
LOT 3486
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AD 660-680.
Hims (Emesa) mint. Type VI, 'Standing Emperor'. Standing Imperial figure, holding long cross with right hand and globus cruciger with left; 'bism allah' in Arabic to left; K[AΛON] to right / Large M; staurogram above, Δ below, ЄMH-CIC to left and right; 'tayyib' in Arabic in exergue. SICA I, 531-2; Album 3516. Very Fine.(2.94gr, 20mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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