LOT 4100
Umayyad Caliphate AE Follis. AH 41-77 (AD 661-697). Skythopolis mint. Imitating Justin II and Sophia type in Nikomedia. Arab-Byzantine type.
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. Very Fine.(10.83gr, 30mm, 6h.).
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. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Struck circa AD 660s-680. Hims (Emesa) mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Standing Imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; 'bism allah' in Arabic to left; [KAΛON] to right / Large M; cross flanked by crescent and star above, Δ below, ЄMH to left, CIC to right; 'tayyib' in Arabic in exergue. Cf. DOCAB 40-1; cf. SICA I 531-37; cf. Goodwin 13. 2.96gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
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 65-70 (AD 685-705).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
The standing caliph 'Abd al-Malik holding sword; name and title in marginal legend / M above officina mark A and line below, marginal legend with shortened version of the creed of Islam. 2.51gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
