Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1351. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (5.69 g, 6h). Type III. Tabariyya (Tiberias) mint. Three Byzantine emperors standing facing, each holding long, cross-tipped scepter / Large M; anchor monogram above; “officina” and cruciform ground line below; THBЄ[P]IAΔ O and “Tabariyya” in Arabic around. SICA I -; SNA Tübingen -; Khalili -; Walker,
Arab-Byzantine -; Album 107. Good VF, black-green patina with dusty overtones. Exceptional quality for issue.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.