Triton XVI, Lot: 1321. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3250. 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 (14mm, 3.48 g, 10h). Uncertain Spanish mint. Dated AH 94; IY 11 (AD 712/13). Eight-rayed star; somewhat blundered INNDINNDLHSDSSτS•N (Ss retrograde) in outer margin / III(retrograde D)(retrograde C)XI with macrons below II and X (date) across field; somewhat blundered SLDFRTINSPNANNXCIIIH • in outer margin. Cf. SICA I 742; cf. Balaguer 21; cf. Gomez,
Hispano 1; cf. Walker,
Arab-Byzantine 181; Album 122; DCA p. 621. EF, minor deposits. Clear legends.