217, Lot: 486. Estimate $150. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. AV Dinar (19mm, 5h). Unlisted (Dimashq [Damascus]) mint. Dated AH 95 (AD 713/4). Kalima; “Ummayad Second Symbol” (Quran 9:33) in outer margin / “Ummayad Symbol” (Quran 112); mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Kazan 19; Walker,
Arab-Byzantine 207; Album 127. In NGC slab, graded MS-64.
From the Alexandre de Barros Collection.