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Online Auction 100 | Silver 18 Apr 2021
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Arab-Byzantine. Hims (Emesa). trmp. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86.
Fals AE
21 mm, 2,33 g
Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow, legend in Kufic around / Transformed cross standing on three steps, in field to left, star, in field to right, \'mint bi-hims' ('in Hims in Kufic), around, legend in Kufic
extremely fine
DOCAB 108; Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Hims, Type III; Goodwin&Gyselen p. 56, 54. SICA I, 691.A-3539.
Undoubtedly one of the finest known examples if not the finest for the issue.
This splendid example is surely deserving of a place of prominence in any premier collection of arab byzantine coinage.
From the Tareq Hani collection.
Fals AE
21 mm, 2,33 g
Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow, legend in Kufic around / Transformed cross standing on three steps, in field to left, star, in field to right, \'mint bi-hims' ('in Hims in Kufic), around, legend in Kufic
extremely fine
DOCAB 108; Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Hims, Type III; Goodwin&Gyselen p. 56, 54. SICA I, 691.A-3539.
Undoubtedly one of the finest known examples if not the finest for the issue.
This splendid example is surely deserving of a place of prominence in any premier collection of arab byzantine coinage.
From the Tareq Hani collection.