ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (4.58g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, cf. Milstein-78, parts of EN TOTO around, hollow crescent between cross and globe, star above / cursive m, line of 6 pellets below, serpentine left and star right, squarish planchet, bold VF. Same obverse dies as Lot 265 in our Auction #19.
Numismatic Auction #20
By: Stephen Album Rare Coins
Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20
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Lot #177 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (3.46g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, Milstein-78 (different dies), annulet above globus-cruciger / cursive m, Θ below, with 4 pellets left & 5 right, ANO left and OE right, VF, R.
Lot #178 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (3.23g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, cf. Milstein-75, EN TOTO around, but in wrong order / retrograde cursive m, completely blundered ΔAM below, uncertain symbols left & right, struck on a quartered flan, VF.
Lot #179 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (4.61g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, cf. Milstein-78, TAΘ left and star right of figure / retrograde m, about 6 pellets below, serpentine left, AO right, cross above, squarish planchet, bold VF.
Lot #180 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (2.99g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, Milstein—, tall bird left, pine tree (?) right of standing figure / cursive m, cross above, river below (2 pellets above and 3 below), serpentine left, palm leaf right, VF, RR. It has been suggested that the "river " type may have been produced at Deraa (Dar'at) in Syria, through which the Yarmouk River flows. Deraa was an active mint for post-...
Lot #181 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (4.27g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, AKI left of figure, large bird replaces globus cruciger to right / retrograde cursive m, cross above, river below (2 pellets above and 4 below), ANO left, K right, VF, RR. Obverse as Milstein-126.
Lot #182 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (2.52g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, Milstein—, ΛE to left, star right, standing figure with large head, huge moustache and longish beard / star above and cursive T below cursive m, AON left, NO right, slightly porous, VF, R.
Lot #183 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (2.91g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, Milstein—, uncertain to left, bird atop tail of king's robe, star below the bird / cross above and uncertain below cursive m, VF, R.
Lot #184 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (3.62g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, Milstein—, a few symbols around figure, one spot of adhesion / cursive m, cross above, pseudo-Greek text around, VF. Possibly not of the pseudo-Damascus series.
Lot #185 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (4.35g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, Milstein—, palm leaf left and star right / cross above and nothing below retrograde cursive m, serpentine left and ANO with retrograde N right, Fine to VF, R.
Lot #186 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (3.67g), NM, A-3523, retrograde al-wafa' lillah left of figure / normal al-wafa' lillah below cursive m, ANO left and NE right, choice VF, RR.
Lot #187 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (4.24g), NM, A-3523, annulet to right of figure / al-wafa' lillah below cursive m, bird left & cross right, pleasing patina, VF, R.
Lot #188 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (3.74g), NM, A-3523, al-wafa' lillah below cursive m, blundered Greek left & right, VF.
Lot #189 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 685-692, AE fals (3.83g), Hims, A-3524, KAΛON left, mint name in Arabic right / cursive m, mint in Greek, 8-pt. star above (between 2 serpentines), tayyib below, VF to EF.
Lot #190 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 685-692, AE fals (3.83g), Hims, A-3524, KAΛON left, mint name in Arabic right / cursive m, mint in Greek, 8-pt. star above (between 2 annulets), tayyib below, bold strike, lovely VF.
Lot #191 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 680s, AE fals (4.65g), Antardos, A-3525A, Bone-1.2, Foss-80, Greek KAΛON to left, Arabic tayyib right / capital M, Δ above & officina A below, crescent left and 8-point star right, tayyib below, fine style, decent strike, Fine to VF, RRR. The capital M, the officina A, the T and O attached to the top of the M, and the Δ form the monogram for the city name Antardos (sic). The type was unknown to Walker...
Lot #192 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (3.28g), Halab, A-3529, W-112, mint name right, waf left of circle-on-steps, lovely VF.
Lot #193 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (3.30g), Halab, A-3529, W-116, mint name right, waf left of circle-on-steps, very narrow thick flan, bold VF.
Lot #194 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (3.28g), Halab, A-3529, W-108, mint name left, waf right of circle-on-steps, VF.
Lot #195 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (2.75g), Qinnasrin, A-3530, W-132, mint name right, waf left of circle-on-steps, finest calligraphy, minimal weakness, EF.
Lot #196 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (3.26g), Qinnasrin, A-3530, W-132, mint name right and waf left of circle-on-steps, finest calligraphy, slight weakness, VF.
Lot #197 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (3.19g), Qinnasrin, A-3530, nice strike, VF.
Lot #198 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (2.83g), Tanukh, A-3531, W-P.10, mint name right and waf left of circle-on-steps, some weakness & one lamination, EF, R. This mint name 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 is consistently spelled without the extra tooth that would be required for Saruj and without...
Lot #199 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (3.15g), Sarmin, A-3532, W-94/95, mint name flanking the circle-on-steps, thick narrow flan, Fine to VF.
Lot #200 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-700, AE fals (3.99g), Hims, A-3539, W-118, mint name right of the circle-on-steps, broad flan, VF.
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