256, Lot: 375. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. 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 (19mm, 4.38 g, 4h). Uncertain (pseudo-Damascus) mint in Bilad al-Sham. Byzantine emperor standing facing, holding long cross and globus crusiger; star to left / Large m; cross above, pellets within and below; to either side, star over pellet in annulet; blundered mint signature in exergue. Walker -; SICA I -; Foss -. VF, rough brown surfaces.
From the TJH Collection.