Lot 6039
ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (post-reform), AH 77-132 / AD 697-750. Follis (Bronze, 22 mm, 3.62 g, 6 h), an anonymous post-reform follis overstruck on a Pseudo-Byzantine type, imitating an official issue of Constans II (AD 641-668), uncertain mint. ‘Rasul / Allāh’ (‘The messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); traces of undertype: Constans II standing facing, crowned and draped, holding long cross in his right hand; on the right, Constantine IV, standing facing, beardless and crowned, holding globus cruciger in his right hand. Rev. ‘Li-llāh’ (‘To Allah [it belongs]’ in Arabic); traces of undertype: large M in center; above, monogram; to left, A/N/O; to right, X/Ч/II (RY 17) to right; inverted crescent below; in exergue, CON. Cf. SB 1010 (for prototype of the Pseudo-Byzantine undertype). An extremely rare post-reform issue overstruck on an Arab-Byzantine type. Areas of weakness and with traces of overstriking, otherwise, about very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Starting price:
25 CHF
Hammer price:
140 CHF
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Closing time: 12-Jul-23, 20:11:00 CEST
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