288, Lot: 629. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Arab-Byzantine coinage. Circa 650s-660s. Æ Fals (24mm, 5.09 g, 6h). ЄN T(OV)TO NCPVO, imperial figure standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger / Large m; cross above; A/N to left, O/A/N to right, CAO in exergue. Pottier et al.,
Pseudo-Byzantine Class IVb; Goodwin Type E; Album 3504. VF, brown patina that is rubbed on the high points, cleaning marks, particularly heavy on the reverse.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 174.