298, Lot: 430. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Ummayad Caliphate. Arab-Byzantine coinage (Standing Emperor type). Circa 680s. Æ Fals (18mm, 4.13 g, 6h). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Standing imperial figure, holding long cruciform scepter and globus cruciger; to left, bird standing right atop T; ΛЄO to right / Large M; monogram above, A/N/O to left, X/Ч/II to right; below, inverted crescent above bar; ΔAM in exergue. SICA I, 560-2; Walker 7; DOCAB 49-51; Album 3517.1. VF, dark green patina under a thick layer of earthen deposits.