282, Lot: 408. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Imperial Image coinage. Anonymous. Circa 680s. Æ Fals (22mm, 4.33 g, 8h). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Standing imperial figure, wearing short belted garment, holding long cruciform scepter; star below right arm, ΔAMA to left, CKO to right / Large M; monogram above, star below,
dimashq wafiya jaza hadha (“Damascus, this is legal, full weight”) to sides and in exergue. SICA I, -; Walker p. 9, Paris 2 = Lavoix 35; DOCAB 36-7; Album 3517.2. VF, black patina, rough reverse.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.