Very Rare Umayyad Caliphate Semissis

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1465. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. 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 Semissis (11mm, 2.02 g, 4h). Uncertain North African mint. Dated AH 98 (AD 716/17). SIMIΛI(retrograde S) with macron above ΛI(retrograde S) across field; INN∂SNISVAIVNSCVINCVI (Ss retrograde) in outer margin / Cross potent, with crossbar removed and top bar replaced by globus, set on two steps; NIIS∂ FT IN ΛFRK(ΛN) [AN XCVNI] in outer margin. SICA I –; Balaguer –; cf. Gomez, Hispano 5 (for type); cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine 182 (same); cf. Kazan 241 (same); Album 116; DCA –. Good VF, lightly toned, small scratch on reverse. Very rare.

Ex Georges Bouchereau & Robert Boyer Collection.