Details
LOT 3654
Pre-reform issues. Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals Circa AD 660-680.
Pseudo-Damascus mint. Imperial standing figure type (Type VI). Standing imperial figure, holding cruciform sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left; crescent to upper right / Large cursive m; designs within each arc; above, bifurcated cross between two stars; additional symbols and pseudo-letters flanking; [...]OΛ[T] in exergue. Cf. Milstein 79; SICA 1, -; Walker -; cf. Album 3522.1. Good Very Fine.(2.72gr, 19mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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