394, Lot: 563. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (20mm, 5.08 g, 6h). Imperial standing figure type (Type VI). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; T to left; ΔΛMΛCKOC to right / Large M; monogram above; star below;
ja’iz to left;
darb to right;
dimashq in exergue (
struck Damascuscurrent) in Arabic. SICA 1, 566-7; Walker,
Arab-Byzantine, 12; Album 3517.2; cf. ICV 131. VF, dusty green patina.