288, Lot: 642. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Arab-Byzantine coinage. Circa 680s. Æ Fals (20mm, 3.82 g, 3h). Baalbek (Heliopolis) mint. Two standing imperial figures, each holding cruciform scepter; cross between heads / Large M; cross above, inverted crescent below, H/Λ/I/(OY) to left, H/O/Λ/Є to right,
ba‘labakk in exergue. SICA 1, 584; DOCAB 60-62; Album 3513.2. Near VF, dark green patina.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 166.