333, Lot: 423. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate (Arab–Byzantine coinage). Circa 680s-700/10. Æ Fals (21mm, 2.86 g, 5h). ‘Pseudo-Damascus’ mint, probably in northern Jordan or Palestine. Standing imperial figure, holding spear; two crosses and pellet-in-annulet to left, cross ending in crescent and star to right / Large m containing wavy lines; + and star above, wavy line to left, Δ/Є to right. DOABC 56 var. (m containing pellets); Album 3522.1. VF, earthen green patina, cleaning marks on reverse.
From the same obverse die as the following lot.