CNG 100, Lot: 499. Estimate $7500. Sold for $10015. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik or Suleiman ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-99 / AD 705-717. AV Semissis – Half Dinar (11mm, 1.90 g, 5h). Arab-Byzantine type. Spanish mint. Struck AH 93-95 (AD 712-714). FEITOS SLI IN SPAN AN I (S’s retrograde) around star of eight rays / FERITOS SOLI IN SPAN AN I (S’s retrograde) around transformed cross. Balaguer 55 = Walker, Arab-Byzantine, P.48 = Lavoix 127; Gomez, Hispano 3; AGC I 32; Album 123. EF. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex “Caballero de las Yndias” Collection (Part III, Aureo & Calicó, 21 October 2009), lot 1401.