Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 2022
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Umayyads, time of al-Walid I or Suleyman AV 1/2 Dinar or Semissis. Arab-Byzantine type. Uncertain North African mint, struck circa AH 95-98 = AD 713-717. NN ЄƧ σƧ NIƧV σƧCVI N Ƨ A, blundered form of "non est Deus nisi unus Deus cui non Socius Alius"; cippus with globe on three steps / [...]Ƨ σƧ NIƧVNƧ CV (NN) [...] around ƧIMIΛIƧ, blundered form of "non est Deus nisi unus cui non est alius, similis". Album 120.1; Bernardi 24; Walker p.64, 168. 1.92g, 11mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine; rev. legend blundered and partially off flan. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
This is one of the earliest coins struck in North Africa after the Arab conquest, and possibly derives from the Byzantine coins struck at Carthage. Recent studies have suggested that they were minted at Qayrawan, the capital of the newly conquered province, between AH 85 and 95.
Near Extremely Fine; rev. legend blundered and partially off flan. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
This is one of the earliest coins struck in North Africa after the Arab conquest, and possibly derives from the Byzantine coins struck at Carthage. Recent studies have suggested that they were minted at Qayrawan, the capital of the newly conquered province, between AH 85 and 95.