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LOT 3458
Arab-Byzantine. Umayyad Caliphate, time of Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AE Fals. AH 41-60 (AD 661-680).
Hims (Emesa) mint. Crowned imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; KAΛON ('good') in Greek downwards to left, bi-hims ('in Hims') in Kufic and star to right / Large cursive M above exergual line; star flanked by plain circles above, ЄMI downwards to left, CHC downwards to right, tayyib ('good') in Kufic in exergue. DOCAB 65; SICA I 544. Near Very Fine.(3.68gr, 20mm, 5h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3458
Arab-Byzantine. Umayyad Caliphate, time of Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AE Fals.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Arab-Byzantine. Umayyad Caliphate, time of Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AE Fals. AH 41-60 (AD 661-680).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Hims (Emesa) mint. Crowned imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; KAΛON ('good') in Greek downwards to left, bi-hims ('in Hims') in Kufic and star to right / Large cursive M above exergual line; star flanked by plain circles(?) above, ЄMI downwards to left, CHC downwards to right, tayyib ('good') in Kufic in exergue. Cf. DOCAB 65; cf. SICA I 544. 4.04gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Arab-Byzantine. Umayyad Caliphate, time of Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AE Fals. AH 41-60 (AD 661-680).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Hims (Emesa) mint. Crowned imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; KAΛON ('good') in Greek downwards to left, bi-hims ('in Hims') in Kufic and star to right / Large cursive M above exergual line; star flanked by plain circles above, ЄMI downwards to left, CHC downwards to right, tayyib ('good') in Kufic in exergue. DOCAB 65; SICA I 544. 3.68gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
