Extremely Rare Islamic ‘Byzantine’ Tremissis

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1227. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (post-reform). AH 77-132 / AD 697-750. AV Tremissis (1.37 g, 6h). Imitating Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine. North African mint. [...]COR∂IS NO[...] (∂ retrograde), crowned facing busts in the style of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine / [...]ISRЄVMSGSINA[...], cross potent without crossbar set on step. Cf. SICA 1, 736 (fals); cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine p. 56, P.20 (semissis) and 146 (tremissis); Album 117. EF. Appears to have been struck with a die used for semisses of this issue. Extremely rare.