Catalogue
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, (c.685-692), AE fals, 18mm, (3.81 g), Hims (Emesa) mint, obv, crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger, K/A**L*/O/N (= "good") to left, bi-hims to right rev, Large m, star between annulets above, E/M/I-C/H/C across each side, in exergue 'tayyib' (= "good"), (SICA 1, 544 var. [star after bi-hims], Album 3524, Wilkes 133). Fine - very fine with an earthen black patina.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Islamic, Zangids, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk), Nur al-Din Mahmud,每AH 541-569 = AD1146-1173, AE dirham 23mm, (4.14 g), al-Halab (Aleppo) mint, obv. two Byzantine style imperial figures standing facing, supporting between them labarum resting on three steps, rev. Christ standing facing, holding Gospels, (A.1850, S&S Type 73). Fine - very fine, dark brown patina, areas of flat strike, scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60