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LOT 3334
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya, AH 60-64 (AD 680-683). 'Pseudo-Damascus' mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left / Large M; above, cross; below, officina mark of inverted crescent; around blundered Arabic legend reading 'darb dimashq ja'iz' (=current issue [of] Dimashq). Cf. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 82, fig. 19, type 97 (for reverse). Near Very Fine. Rare.(2.73gr, 18mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Umayyad Caliphate, Time of Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya AE Fals. AH 60-64 (AD 680-683). 'Pseudo-Damascus' mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Imperial figure seated on throne, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; star to left of head [and crescent to right?], in field to left, stylized bird on T-shaped porch; uncertain design above Є to right / Large m in centre; above, cross; in exergue, ΔΘM\; to left and right, [A] N O X Ւ II (date); in the angles of m, annulets. Cf. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 233, Fig. 104 (M instead of m; date and symbols). 2.98gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya, AH 60-64 (AD 680-683). 'Pseudo-Damascus' mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left / Large M; above, cross; below, officina mark of inverted crescent; around blundered Arabic legend reading 'darb dimashq ja'iz' (=current issue [of] Dimashq). Cf. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 82, fig. 19, type 97 (for reverse). 2.73gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AD 685-690. Hims (Emesa) mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Crowned imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; KAΛON downwards to left, 'bi-hims' in Arabic to right / Large cursive M above exergual line; star flanked by two wavy lines above, EMI-CHC (mintname) flanking, 'tayyib' in Arabic in exergue. Cf. SICA I 549-552. 4.60gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
