ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (30mm, 2.88 g, 3h). In the name and types of Yazdgird III. SK (Sakastan) mint. Dated YE 26 = AH 47 (AD 667/8). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bism Allah in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 1; ICV 1. VF, light deposits. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (20mm, 4.30 g, 2h). Imperial standing figure type (Type VI). Pseudo-Damascus mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger / Large m surmounted by cross; star in each void; wavy line in each void. SICA 1, –; cf. DOCAB 58; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine, p. 50, ASK.2-3 (both refs for type); Album 3522.1; ICV 126. VF, earthen green patina.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (20mm, 5.08 g, 6h). Imperial standing figure type (Type VI). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; T to left; ΔΛMΛCKOC to right / Large M; monogram above; star below; ja'iz to left; darb to right; dimashq in exergue (struck Damascuscurrent) in Arabic. SICA 1, 566-7; Walker, Arab-Byzantine, 12; Album 3517.2; cf. ICV 131. VF, dusty green patina.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (20mm, 4.30 g, 2h). Imperial standing figure type (Type VI). Uncertain mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; ba'd in Arabic down left / Large m surmounted by cross; pseudo-Greek letters to left and right; muhammad in Arabic in exergue. SICA 1, –; DOCAB –; Walker, Arab-Byzantine, –; Album 3523A; ICV –. VF, attractive green patina. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.92 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Talha ibn 'Abd Allāh, governor (fl. AH 64-66 / AD 683-685). SK (Sakastan) mint. Dated AH 66 in Pahlavi (AD 685/6). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; talha lillah (Talha for Allah) in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 96, Mart. 1; Album 26; ICV 18. VF, toned.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.79 g, 1h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq (AH 54-64 / AD 673-683). AYRAN mint. Dated year 35. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic and yzan in Pahlavi in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 45 var. (date); Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 12A; ICV 11. VF, toned, edge chip. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.88 g, 7h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakra, governor (fl. 79-80 / AD 698-699). SK mint. Dated AH 79 in Pahlavi (AD 698/9). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah and rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 369; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 110, Th. 14; Album 37; ICV 50. Good VF, deposits.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.52 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of 'Abd Allah ibn Umayya, governor (fl. 75-77 / AD 695-697). SK mint. Dated AH 75 in Pahlavi (AD 695). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah and al-'izza lillah (the glory is Allah's) in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 30; ICV 44. Good VF, porosity. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). Nur al-Din Mahmud. AH 541-569 / AD 1146-1173. Æ Dirham (25mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Unnamed (Aleppo [Halab]) mint. Undated issue. Two Byzantine-style imperial figures standing facing, holding between them labarum set on three steps; stars, name and titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud, and blundered Greek legends in field / Christ standing facing; titles of Nur al-Din Mahmud and blundered Greek legends in field. Whelan Type II, 202-5; S&S Type 73; Album 1850. VF, dark brown surfaces, areas of weak strike.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Mongol). Safavids. Husayn I. AH 1105-1135 / AD 1694-1722. Rectangular AR 5 Shahis (25mm, 8.71 g, 6h). Type C. Tabriz mint. Dated AH 1127 (AD 1715). Album 2677.1. VF, areas of weak strike.
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CUBA, Primera República. 1902-1961. AV 5 Pesos (20mm, 6h). Philadelphia mint. Dated 1916. Bare head of José Martí right / Coat-of-arms wihtin wreath; liberty cap above. KM 19; Friedberg 4. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 58.Ex Goldberg 75 (24 September 2013), lot 3001.
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AR Blanc Guénar (26mm, 3.03 g, 1h). Paris mint. 1st emission, authorized 1 March 1385. Coat-of-arms / Cross pattée with crowns and lis in alternating quarters. Duplessy 377; Ciani 506. VF, toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 782099 (December 2006).
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AR Blanc Guénar (27mm, 3.13 g, 8h). St. Menehould mint. 2nd emission, authorized 11 September 1389. Coat-of-arms / Cross pattée with crowns and lis in alternating quarters. Duplessy 377A; Ciani 507. VF, toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 190475 (January 2004).
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AR Blanc Guénar (27mm, 2.53 g, 4h). Paris mint; mm: annulet under initial cross. 4th emission, authorized 20 October 1411. Coat-of-arms / Cross pattée with crowns and lis in alternating quarters. Duplessy 377C; Ciani 509. Good VF, lightly toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 150703 (December 2003).
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AR Gros dit Florette (28mm, 2.97 g, 7h). Paris mint; mm: annulet under initial cross. 1st emission, authorized 10 May 1417. Crown over three lis / Cross fleurée; crowns in first and fourth quarters. Duplessy 387; Ciani 524. Good VF, toned.Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 738184 (June 2006).
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FRANCE, Royal. Henri III. 1574-1589. AR Teston (29mm, 9.49 g, 1h). In the name of Charles IX. Toulouse mint. Dated 1575 M (in Roman numerals). Laureate and armored bust left, wearing large ruff / Crowned coat-of-arms; crowned Cs flanking. Duplessy 1104; Ciani 1362 (Charles IX). VF, toned, flan flaws, weak strike.
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