325, Lot: 783. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (18mm, 3.00 g, 9h). Standing emperor type. Pseudo-Dimashq (uncertain Bilad al-Sham) mint. Circa 685-692. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; T to left, [Λ?]/Є/O to right / Large M; monogram above, blundered A/N/N/O [...] across field, pseudo-Δ below, МАΔ in exergue. Cf. SICA 1, 577 and 579 (for type); Walker,
Arab-Byzantine p. 11, P.4 (same; Tiberias); Album 3522.2. Good VF, earthen green patina.