CNG 100, Lot: 498. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik or Suleiman ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-99 / AD 705-717. AV Tremissis – Third Dinar (12mm, 1.33 g, 12h). Arab-Byzantine type. North African mint. Struck circa AH 88-96 (AD 703-715). σS ЄTIRNS σS MA[GN?]S σS around OMNIΩ / NON ЄST σS NISI SOΛVI, transformed cross on two steps. AGC I 25; cf. Walker B.9; Album 121. VF. Rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, August 1991.