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Auction 20  18-20 September 2014
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Lot 391

Starting price: 170 USD
Price realized: 400 USD
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SELJUQ OF RUM: Anonymous, early 12th century, AE follis (4.81g), NM, ND, A--, standing figure, hatted, raising both arms in prayer, without cross, labarum & globus cruciger / same, but with star left & right of head, anepigraphic, probably unpublished, VF, RRR. Although clearly a coin of Byzantine style, the lack of any Christian motifs and the position of the praying figure strongly suggest a Muslim origin, and the most likely might be the early Seljuqs of Rum, up to and including Mas'ud I (1116-1156), whose epigraphic issue retains the normal Christian figures (A-1192).

Estimate: 230- 280 USD
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