LOT 4090
Time of Muhammad and the Rashidun AE Fals. Circa AH 1-55 (AD 622-675). Uncertain mint. Pseudo-Byzantine Type E.
Imperial Byzantine figure (Constans II) standing facing, holding cross-tipped staff and globus cruciger / Large m, [star or cross above]; date across fields, mintmark in exergue. Cf. SICA I, 515 (for type); cf. DOCAB 10 (same); Album 3504. Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain undertype.(5.68gr, 26mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4090
Time of Muhammad and the Rashidun AE Fals.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. After AD 461. Tiberias (Tabariya) mint. Arab-byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Crowned and draped figures of Heraclonas, Heraclius, and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each holding globus cruciger / Large M, monogram of Heraclius above, C below; TH[BEPI]AΔΟ and 'tabariya' in Arabic around. Walker 43. 2.32gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate, time of Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AE Fals. AH 41-60 (AD 661-680). Hims (Emesa) mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Crowned imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; KAΛON ('good') in Greek downwards to left, bi-hims ('in Hims') in Kufic to right / Large cursive M above exergual line; star lanked by two wavy lines above, ЄMI downwards to left, CHC downwards to right, tayyib ('good') in Kufic in exergue. SICA I 549-552. 4.13gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AH 19-39 (AD 641-660). Uncertain mint. Pseudo-Byzantine type, imitating a follis of Constans II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; inscription around / Large m, cross above, mintmark in exergue. 3.64gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
