LOT 4054
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Qurus(?) (Cyrrhus) mint. Standing Caliph issue. Arab-Byzantine type.
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side; inscription around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and three steps; mint downwards to right; "full weight" upwards to left; inscription around. Cf. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, p.31, 340; cf. Album 3536 (RRR). Near Very Fine.(2.97gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Anastasius I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 491-518. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
D N ANASTASIVS P F A(?), diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CON-CORDI, large I, pellets to right and left. DOC 19e; SB 26. 1.43gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 40 Nummi of Follis. Dated RY 1(?) (AD 698/9). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding transverse spear and shield / Large M, cross above; [date] across field; A below, CON in exergue. SB 1366. 4.17gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain type.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Alexius I, circa AD 1085-1092. Constantinople mint. Class K.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; all inside border of large dots / M Θ, half-length facing figure of the Theotokos, orans; all inside border of large dots. DOC K; SB 1901. 5.96gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
