| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2873 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 148 USD / 136 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya, AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 4.00 g, 9 h), Arab-Byzantine type, 'Pseudo-Damascus' mint. Imperial figure seated on throne facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in field to left, stylized bird on T-shaped porch; around, traces of legend. Rev. Large m in center; above, cross flanked by stars; below exergue, /M𐊔Δ; to left and right, traces of legend; in the angles of m, serpentines. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 233, Fig. 103. Extremely rare and with a fine pedigree. Patina stripped and with a flan fault, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, ex Auctiones AG 12, 29-30 September 1981, 750 (with collector's ticket). Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
