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Electronic Auction 322  12 March 2014
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Lot 669

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 475 USD
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (20mm, 5.90 g, 12h). Tartus (Antaradus) mint. Facing imperial Byzantine-style bust, holding cross and globus cruciger; K/A/OΛ/N to left; tayyib to right / ANTAPAΔOY monogram; star to left, crescent to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Byzantine –; DOCAB 80 var. (position of star and crescent reversed); Studies Khalili IV 17 var. (same); Album –. Fine, earthen black-green patina. Apparently a unique variety of a very rare type.

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