LOT 4085
Umayyad Caliphate, time of Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AE Fals. AH 41-60 (AD 661-680). Hims (Emesa) mint. Arab-Byzantine type.
Crowned imperial bust facing, holding globus cruciger; KAΛON ('good') in Greek downwards to left, bi-hims ('in Hims') in Kufic to right / Large cursive M above exergual line; star lanked by two wavy lines above, ЄMI downwards to left, CHC downwards to right, tayyib ('good') in Kufic in exergue. SICA I 549-552. Very Fine.(4.13gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4085
Umayyad Caliphate, time of Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AE Fals.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. After AD 461. Tiberias (Tabariya) mint. Arab-byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crowned and draped figures of Heraclonas, Heraclius, and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each holding globus cruciger / Large M, monogram of Heraclius above, C below; THBEPIAΔΟ and 'tabariya' in Arabic around. Walker 43. 5.21gr, 22mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AD 650s-660s. Arab-Byzantine coinage (Pseudo-Byzantine types).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[...] NΛΤΙΛ, imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger / Large m; cross above; A[...] to left, N Є to right, [...]A in exergue. Cf. Goodwin Type E; cf. Album 3504. 3.34gr, 22mm, 3h.
Near 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.
