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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.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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