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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 Extremely rare and apparently unpublished variety.(10.03gr, 27mm, 12h.).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.
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LOT 3336
Umayyad Caliphate. Pre-reform issues, Imperial Image Coinage CU Fals/Follis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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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
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