Sol Numismatik

Auction XVI  –  5 August 2023

Sol Numismatik, Auction XVI

Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Islamic Coins

Sa, 05.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Description

Time of the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types, imitative later copy, probably after AH 24 / 645 AD. Fals (bronze, 5.08 g, 23 mm), imitating follis of Constans II. ЄN T૪TO NCPVO Imperial figure standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. Rev. Large m flanked by A/N/A and (?)/A/N; above, cross; below, CAO. Cf. for prototype: Goodwin Type E; MIB X25; T. Goodwin, 'What can we learn from ‘Transitional’ coins?' in: Coinage and History in the Seventh Century Near East, volume 6, p. 123, coin 'a'; S. Mansfield, Early Byzantine copper coins, supplement (2022), coins 321, 322. Very fine. Very rare.

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