LOT 3655
Pre-reform issues. Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AD 661-697.
Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck circa AD 685-693. Early Pseudo-Byzantine coinage. Crowned Byzantine-style emperor seated facing on throne, holding cruciform sceptre and globus cruciger; bird standing to right on T to left, ΛЄO downwards to right / Large M; staurogram set on crescent above, ANO to left, XЧII to right, Ω below, ΔAMI in exergue. SICA I -; DOCAB -; Khalili 19; Walker, Arab-Byzantine 4; Album 100. Good Very Fine. Rare.(3.02gr, 19mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Arab-Byzantine, Time of the Rashidun AE Fals. Circa AH 19-39 (AD 641-660).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. Pseudo-Byzantine type, imitating a follis of Constans II. Imperial figure standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; inscription around / Cursive M flanked by inscription; in exergue, IIAΣ(?). For type cf. Goodwin, Khalili Collection, p. 34, 5-6 (type E). 2.84gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AD 660-680.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. 2.94gr, 20mm, 7h.
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).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Yubna mint. Standing caliph coinage, type 7. Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; legends in Arabic to left and right / Large cursive M; legends in Arabic to left and right. Cf. DOCAB 150-151; SICA I -. 2.45gr, 19mm x 16mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
