Savoca Coins
Online Auction 108 | Silver 31 Jul 2021
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Arab-Byzantine. tanukh. Time of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86.
Fals Bronze
21 mm, 2,86 g
Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow; around, 'J li' abd Allah' abd al-Malik Amir al-Mu'minin' / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, mint bi-tanukh ('in Tanukh' in Kufic); in right field, wāf ; around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad rasul Allah.
nearly very fine
Album 656. DOCAB 129. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Tanukh, Type I.
This mint name probably refers to the tribe, the Banu Tanukh, rather than a physical location. Walker and others previously misread it as Saruj, a city near Harran, but this name would be epigraphically impossible for these coins
From the Tareq Hani collection
Fals Bronze
21 mm, 2,86 g
Caliph standing facing, bearded, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword and whip hanging from his right elbow; around, 'J li' abd Allah' abd al-Malik Amir al-Mu'minin' / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, mint bi-tanukh ('in Tanukh' in Kufic); in right field, wāf ; around, part of the first Kalima reading 'la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad rasul Allah.
nearly very fine
Album 656. DOCAB 129. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, Tanukh, Type I.
This mint name probably refers to the tribe, the Banu Tanukh, rather than a physical location. Walker and others previously misread it as Saruj, a city near Harran, but this name would be epigraphically impossible for these coins
From the Tareq Hani collection