300, Lot: 374. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate (Arab-Byzantine coinage). Circa 685-692. Æ Fals (20mm, 3.61 g, 6h). Hims (Emesa) mint. Crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger; K/AΛ/O/N (= “good”) to left,
bi-hims to right / Large m; star between annulets above, Є/M/I-C/H/C across,
tayyib (= “good”) in exergue. SICA 1, 543-6 var. (star or pellet after mint name); Album 3524. Fine, green patina.