Byzantine Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4469 Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday) Byzantine Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $120
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SOLD $60
ARAB BYZANTINE, Umayyad Imperial Image Coinage, AE fals, Hims, (Emesa), (2.90 g), issued late A.D. 650's-670's, obv. Imperial bust (Type VII), facing, downwards KALON, to r., 'bi-hims', rev. cursive "m", EMI - CHC either side, above * with birds eye with internal dots, either side, in exergue 'tayyib'). (A.3524, [A.110], Walker 57ff [Pl.V,); SNA Ash. 540); another, AE fals, Damascus mint, (4.48 g), issued late A.D. 650's-670's, obv. Imperial standing emperor (Type VI), bird on T, to right **D*AMACKOC, rev. capital "M" crescent below, monogram above, in Arabic around 'current full weight struck in Damascus', (A.3517.2, [A.102], Walker 12, [p.6, Pl.II], SNA Ash. 566, Shamma 1111). Fine - very fine and scarce. (2)
Ex Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) collection [as the Demarete Collection] No.4363, 4371.
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