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Auction 22  14-15 May 2015
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Lot 114

Starting price: 190 USD
Price realized: 500 USD
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 680-690, AE fals (4.73g), Tardus (Antardos), ND, A-3525, mint name in Arabic on obverse & Greek on reverse, KAΛωN to right on obverse, Arabic tayyib beneath reverse, attractive Fine, RR. Tardus, modern Tartus, is a Syrian coastal city, together with the Arwad Island about one mile off the coast in the Mediterranean. The medieval mint was probably located on the island, which was the last significant Byzantine holdout against the Arab conquest.

Estimate: 240- 300 USD
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