CNG 100, Lot: 495. Estimate $10000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AV Tremissis – Third Dinar (11mm, 1.35 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine type. North African mint. Struck circa AH 80-85 (AD 700-704). [...]IV σ'S NON[...], crowned facing busts in the style of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, but with crosses on crowns transformed into tripartite ornament / [...]SRCVNSO[...], transformed cross on two steps. AGC I 12; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine, 146-7, G.2; Album 117. Near EF. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, January 2009.