334, Lot: 496. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Arab-Byzantine coinage. Circa 680s. Æ Fals (19mm, 4.95 g, 12h). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; to left, bird standing on T; Λ/Є/Φ
sic to right / Large M; staurogram above, inverted crescent and – below,
duriba–dimashq–ja’iz around. SICA 1, 572 var. (Λ/Є/O on obv.); Album 3517.3. VF, dark green patina.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 162.