Ancient and Islamic Coins, Antiquities

Arab-Byzantine, Anonymous, Fulus (2), pseudo-Byzantine standing figure type (A 3504; ICV 126); Fals, standing figure type, Emesa (Hims), undated, with countermark on obv. (A 3516; ICV 131); Fals, standing figure type, no mint or date, al-wafa lillah on rev. (A 3523; ICV 131); Fals, two standing figures type, Ba‘albak, undated (A 3513.2; ICV 132); Fals, facing bust type, Hims, undated (A 3524; ICV 133); Fals, three standing figures type, Tabariya, undated (A 3512; ICV 134); ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan (65-86h), Fals, standing caliph type, Hims, undated (A 3539; ICV 138); Fals, standing caliph type, ‘Amman, undated (A 3542; ICV 138) [9]. Varied state £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Hon. Robert Erskine Collection.

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Provenance: One pseudo-Byzantine bt P. Pavlou 2009; third and fifth bt Stanley Gibbons 1978; fourth Baldwin Islamic Auction 9, 12 October 2004, lot 3100 (part); sixth bt Baldwin 1995; seventh bt P. Pavlou 2000; eighth bt Stanley Gibbons 1977; last bt M. Phillips 2000