Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik or Suleiman ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 86-99 / AD 705-717. AV Tremissis – Third Dinar (12mm, 1.36 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine type. Uncertain North African mint. Struck circa AH 88-96 (AD 703-715). DS ЄTЄRN DS [...]S O around, MNIC • RЄ across field / Transformed cross potent with crossbar removed, set on step. AGC I 25; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine 177 (for type); Album 121.1; ICV 152. EF, light toning in devices, traces of underlying luster. Very rare.


From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Baldwin's 26 (9 May 2001), lot 1586.