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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 695-705, AE fals (3.20g), Tabariya

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:225.00 - 275.00 USD
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 695-705, AE fals (3.20g), Tabariya
SOLD
190.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2011 Apr 22 @ 10:15UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Opening bids do not reflect absentee book bids that have been received.
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 695-705, AE fals (3.20g), Tabariya, A-3512A, W-—. SNAT-286/287, Bone-7, Goodwin-7, cross above & officina letter A below M, nice patina, couple spots of adhesion, decent strike for this primative type, About Very Fine, RR, from an American collection. Arabic tabariya right, qutri below, THB (for mint name in Greek) left on reverse.The word below the M might be interpreted as qatari for the Kharijite caliph Qatari b. al-Fuja'a, whose name appeared on silver drachms (type #33, unusually dated AH75-76). Qutri would refer to metal, but would be a very unlikely word to appear on a coin, as explained by Lutz Ilisch in ONS Newsletter #167. However, there is no evidence that Qatari enjoyed an influence in Palestine. Further research necessary.