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LOT 3335
Umayyad Caliphate AE Half Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Baysan (Scythopolis) mint. Arab-Byzantine type: Justin II and Sophia (Type I).
[...]KV[...]-ΠO[...], two imperial figures enthroned facing, both nimbate and holding crucifom sceptre / Large K; cross above, A N N O ЧII across field, I below. APBQ B1; Album 3510; ICV 129. Very Fine.(2.71gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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