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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 685-700, AE fals (3.22g), Ludd

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:220.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 685-700, AE fals (3.22g), Ludd
SOLD
360.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2011 Apr 22 @ 11:36UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Opening bids do not reflect absentee book bids that have been received.
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 685-700, AE fals (3.22g), Ludd, A-3547, Qedar-22, Foss-101, crescent below cursive m on reverse, average strike for this type, struck on a planchet that is 1/4 of an old Byzantine follis, few small scratches, nice strike for this crudely manufactured type, Fine, RRR, from an American collection. First published by Shraga Qedar in the Israel Numismatic Journal, vol. 10 (1988-89). Goodwin (2005) concluded that there was only a single pair of dies for this extremely rare series, the reverse die altered from the Yubna mint.