Islamic Influence Reaches Spain

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1464. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. AV Solidus (12mm, 4.31 g, 4h). Uncertain Spanish mint. Dated AH 94; IY 11 (AD 712/13). Eight-rayed star; INN∂NNIN∂SNS∂SLSNAS (Ss retrograde) in outer margin / IN∂ • E XI • with macrons above; N and X (date) across field; [H] SL∂ FRT IN SPN ANN XC[IIII] (Ss retrograde) in outer margin. Cf. SICA I 742 (for type); Balaguer –; cf. Gomez, Hispano 1 (same); cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine ANS.14 (same); Album 122; DCA p. 621. Near EF, light toning in devices, traces of underlying luster.