334, Lot: 497. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Arab-Byzantine coinage. Circa 685-692. Æ Fals (22mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Hims (Emesa) mint. Facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger; K/A/Λ/ON (= “good”) to left,
bi-hims to right / Large m; star between two wavy lines above, Є/M/I-C/H/C across,
tayyib (= “good”) in exergue. SICA 1, 548; Album 3524. VF, black patina.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 108 (16 February 2005), lot 342 (part of).