LOT 4094
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AD 650s-660s. Arab-Byzantine coinage (Pseudo-Byzantine types).
[...] NΛΤΙΛ, imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger / Large m; cross above; A[...] to left, N Є to right, [...]A in exergue. Cf. Goodwin Type E; cf. Album 3504. Near Very Fine.(3.34gr, 22mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Umayyad Caliphate AE Follis. AH 41-77 (AD 661-697). Skythopolis mint. Imitating Justin II and Sophia type in Nikomedia. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[CΚΥΘΟ]-ΠΟΛHC, Justin II and Sophia seated facing, each holding cruciform sceptre; cross between / Large M, cross above, ANNO Ч II (date 'year 7') flanking, A below, HIK O in exergue. ABQ-A1; Album 3509.1. 6.68gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Time of Muhammad and the Rashidun AE Fals. Circa AH 1-55 (AD 622-675). Uncertain mint. Pseudo-Byzantine Type E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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. 5.68gr, 26mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain undertype.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Follis. AH 41-77 (AD 661-697). Skythopolis mint. Imitating Justin II and Sophia type in Nikomedia. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
CΚΥΘΟ-ΠΟΛHC, Justin II and Sophia seated facing, each holding cruciform sceptre; cross between / Large M, cross above, ANNO Ч II (date 'year 7') flanking, A below, NIK O in exergue. ABQ-A1; Album 3509.1. 10.83gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
