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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Standing Figures, ca. 636-640s, AE fals (5.54g), Nea[polis] (=Nablus), "year 25"

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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Standing Figures, ca. 636-640s, AE fals (5.54g), Nea[polis] (=Nablus),  year 25
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800.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2011 Apr 22 @ 09:38UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Standing Figures, ca. 636-640s, AE fals (5.54g), Nea[polis] (=Nablus), "year 25", A-3502N, Similar to MIB type X24 under Heraclius, with the final digit "5" retrograde, Very Fine, RRR, from an American collection.

The type is derived from the follis of Heraclius & his son Heraclius Constantine, struck 630-640, his regnal years 20-30 (Sear-810). The mint name is inscribed as NEA in the reverse exergue, and the date XX plus something in the reverse left, officina letter A and a star replacing the cross above the reverse M. The date is clear in the MIB specimen, showing that the final part of the date is meaningless. With the letter K between the heads of the two figures. Foss has assigned this type to the last years of Byzantine control of Nablus (634-636), and it possible that this was struck during the last months of Byzantine control, or struck both before and after the Arab conquest, though other numismatists prefer to date this in the late 630s or early 640s.