191, Lot: 315. Estimate $100. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types. Circa AH 37-55 / AD 658-675. Æ Fals (19mm, 3.48 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Syria or Palestine. Two standing imperial figures, the left figure holding long cross; cross between heads(?) / Large M; cross above;
D below. Goodwin Type C, 3 var. (rev. legend); Album 97. VF, dark brown patina, heavy earthen deposits.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.