CNG 91, Lot: 1148. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2200. 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 Solidus (13mm, 3.26 g, 10h). Uncertain Spanish mint. Dated AH 93; IY 10 (AD 711/12). Eight-pointed star; somewhat blundered INNDINN D SNSDSSLSNDSA in outer margin / Retrograde and somewhat blundered INDC X (date) across field; somewhat blundered HSLDFRTINSPNANNXCIII in outer margin. SICA I -; cf. Balaguer 1-5; Gomez,
Hispano -; Walker,
Arab-Byzantine P. 43-4; Album 122. Near VF, struck with worn and slightly rusty dies. Rare.