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Countermarked “Jamal”

217, Lot: 471. Estimate $200.
Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. Æ Follis (21mm, 5.83 g, 5h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 1081-1087(?). Cross, with globules at extremities, set on two steps; c/m: “Jamal” / Legend in four lines. DOC 19.1-7; SB 1910; for c/m: cf. Lowick, Bendall, & Whitting, The Mardin hoard: Islamic countermarks on Byantine folles type 3. Coin and countermark Good Fine, dark brown patina, earthen deposits.