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LOT 3337
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Halab mint. Arab-Byzantine Type: Standing Caliph.
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side; ['for the servant of Allah Abd al-Malik, the commander of the believers'] around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and two steps; 'bi-Halab' (mint) upwards to left; 'wāfin' (full weight) downwards to left; 'there is no god but Allah alone, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah' around. Cf. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Halab, Type IV, 284. Near Very Fine.(2.50gr, 22mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
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 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Halab mint. Arab-Byzantine Type: Standing Caliph.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side; ['for the servant of Allah Abd al-Malik, the commander of the believers'] around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and two steps; 'bi-Halab' (mint) upwards to left; 'wāfin' (full weight) downwards to left; 'there is no god but Allah alone, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah' around. Cf. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Halab, Type IV, 284. 2.50gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
