Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1797. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EARLY ISLAMIC, Umayyads. Anonymous caliph of Damascus.Circa 704-714 AD. AV Semissis (2.08 gm, 10h). North African mint (al-Qayrawan?). dSETER[NSdSM]GNdSO NICRET (Deus Eternus, Deus Magnus, Deus Omnium Creator) / Transformed cross on steps; the marginal legend unreadable. Cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine, p. 68, 168-169 (semisses with both variant reverse legends); Walker, p. 70, Th.3 (same obverse die, on a tremissis); Gomez 5; cf. Kazan 240; cf. Album116. Good VF. Rare. ($1000)