424, Lot: 591. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (19.5mm, 4.38 g, 63h). Imperial standing figure type (Type VI). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; to left, T surmounted by bird; [...]Є to right / Large M; monogram above; upturned crescent below;
jaza hada up left;
ja’iz down right;
dimashq in exergue in Arabic. Cf. SICA 1, 569-72; cf. DOCAB 53-5; cf. Walker,
Arab-Byzantine, 19; Album 3517.2; ICV –. Near VF, green and brown patina.