.jpg "Umayyad Caliphate. Pre-reform issues, Imperial Image Coinage CU Fals/Follis.")
Details
LOT 3336
Umayyad Caliphate. Pre-reform issues, Imperial Image Coinage CU Fals/Follis. Struck circa AD 680s-690s. Uncertain (Gerasa?) mint. Arab-Byzantine type: Justin II and Sophia.
Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large M; above, cross; A Ͷ Ͷ [...] (date) to left and right; A below, OͶI[?] in exergue. Not in the standard references. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished variety.(10.03gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
VETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 3336
Umayyad Caliphate. Pre-reform issues, Imperial Image Coinage CU Fals/Follis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
RELATED LOTS
-
Umayyad Caliphate, Time of Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya AE Fals. AH 60-64 (AD 680-683). 'Pseudo-Damascus' mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Imperial figure seated on throne, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; star to left of head [and crescent to right?], in field to left, stylized bird on T-shaped porch; uncertain design above Є to right / Large m in centre; above, cross; in exergue, ΔΘM\; to left and right, [A] N O X Ւ II (date); in the angles of m, annulets. Cf. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 233, Fig. 104 (M instead of m; date and symbols). 2.98gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate. Pre-reform issues, Imperial Image Coinage CU Fals/Follis. Struck circa AD 680s-690s. Uncertain (Gerasa?) mint. Arab-Byzantine type: Justin II and Sophia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large M; above, cross; A Ͷ Ͷ [...] (date) to left and right; A below, OͶI[?] in exergue. Not in the standard references. 10.03gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished variety.
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 65-86 (AD 685-705). Sarmīn mint. Arab-Byzantine type: Standing Caliph.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side, legend around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and three steps; mintname divided in left and right field; legend around. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Sarmin, Type I, 342-354. 3.09gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
