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LOT 4097
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 (retrograde) in exergue. ABQ-A1; Album 3509.1. Near Very Fine.(5.09gr, 35mm, 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 AH 70-81 (AD 690-700). Qinnasrin mint. Arab-Byzantine type. Standing Caliph coinage. Pre-reform issues, type I.
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; inscription in Kufic around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and three steps; inscription in Kufic flanking and around. Goodwin, Standing 209-21; SICA I 687; Album 3530. 2.50gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck.
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.
