early pre-reform - Coin Auctions
 Lot 104 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (3.76g), "pseudo-Damascus", A-3522.1, cf. Milstein-79, annulet to right of globus cruciger / cursive m with river symbols within, uncertain symbols (if any) left & right, OMO below, VF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
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 Lot 120 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (3.88g), ['Amman], A-M3545, W-104. SNAT-716, capital M instead of circle-on-steps, without mint and star, stylistically identical to the normal Standing Caliph fulus of 'Amman mint (A-3542), choice VF, RRR. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
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 Lot 115 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 690s, AE fals (2.70g), Halab, ND, A-3529, mint name right of the cross-on-steps, facing downwards, 6-point star and Greek letter E to left, struck on planchet which is ¼ of a Byzantine follis, VF, RRR. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
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 Lot 110 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 670s-700s, AE fals (3.50g), NM, ND, A-3523var, no text or extra symbols on obverse / large cursive m, left & right symbols largely off flan, uncertain word below, perhaps bi-qinnasrin (instead of the normal al-wafa' lillah for this type), VF, RR. An important coin, although the reading of bi-qinnasrin seems improbable, as the generic al-wafa' lillah type was found in large quantities along with the pseudo-Damascus types (published by Milstein). Further research would be useful! Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
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 Lot 105 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 670s-700s, AE fals (4.14g), NM, ND, A-3523, no text or extra symbols on obverse / al-wafa' lillah below cursive m, Greek ΔO left and long cross right, VF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
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 Lot 121 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 680-705, AE fals (2.98g), Iliya-Filastin, ND, A-3545, W-82, standing caliph type, Fine to VF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
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 Lot 116 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (2.48g), Tanukh, A-3531, SNAT-656, almost full strike, lovely patina, choice VF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
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 Lot 111 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 670-690, AE fals (3.44g), Ba'albakk (Emisos), ND, A-3524, W-57 ff, mint name in Arabic on obverse & Greek on reverse (Emises), cursive m, overstruck on undetermined host, VF to EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
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 Lot 106 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 660s, AE square fals (4.48g), NM, A-3523A, muhammad left of standing figure, weak on this piece / cross above and ba'd below cursive m, Fine. Foss has suggested a date range of 647-658 but in my opinion, the 660s seem the most likely. In any case, this would be the earliest Islamic coin to bear the name Muhammad in Arabic, which first appears on silver drachms in AH66 (type A-20 of 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah, struck in Bishapur, AH66 = AD 685/686). Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
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 Lot 122 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 690-698, AE fals (3.28g), Ayla, ND, A-3545A, unusually broad image of the caliph on obverse / standard reverse for this type, VF, RRR. There has been a long debate over whether the mint name on this coin refers to Ayla, now Eilat at the southern edge of Israel, together with Aqaba directly across the border in Jordan, or is simply an engraver's typo for Iliya (Aelia Capitolina), then the current name for Jerusalem. Surprisingly, the form Ayla appears on both these pre-reform Arab-Byzantine coins and the post-reform fulus. In both cases, the style is identical to the regular issues of Iliya, except for the 8-point star above the cursive m on the pre-reform issues. One may argue that the identical style and calligraphy suggest a single mint, where ayla was merely a typo. Contrarily, one can argue that the stylistic similarity occurred because the dies were produced by the same engravers, or even that the coins were struck at a single location, then distributed to the named cities. In the early Islamic period, an important copper smelting factory was located at or near Ayla, which would suggest some sort of commercial relationship between the two locations. At present, the dilemma remains unresolved, but current opinion seems to favor the separation of Iliya and Ayla as two separate locations, irrespective of where the dies or the coins were produced. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22islamic early pre-reform |
