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LOT 3338
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Sarmīn 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, legend around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and three steps; mintname divided in left and right field; legend around. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Sarmin, Type I, 342-354. Very Fine.(3.09gr, 16mm, 10h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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