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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3833277, member: 85693"]I'm glad you revived this thread - interesting coins and history. I have just begun looking into these Arab-Byzantine imitations and I have no idea what I am looking at most of the time. But I like what I see. </p><p><br /></p><p>My interest started with a countermark - attribution is based on my vast pool of inexperience:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018680[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018681[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals</b></p><p><b>Arab-Byzantine Imperial Type</b></p><p><b>(c. 680s-700 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Baalbek (Heliopolis) Mint</b></p><p>Two standing figures, each with cruciform scepter, cross between / Large M; cross (no pellets) inverted crescent below, [H]/Λ/I/OΥ left, H/O/Λ.Є right, <i>ba‘labakk</i> in exergue</p><p>(4.18 grams / 18 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>Album 3513.2; DOCAB 62 var. (all without pellets).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Countermark:</b> A incuse in 5mm circle reverse. Similar to CNG Electronic Auction 282, Lot 414: "A within circular incuse...from the J. S. Wagner Collection"</p><p><br /></p><p>These might be Arab-Byzantine imitations as well - or just Constans II follises with blundered legends. I'm not sure -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018684[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018685[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3833277, member: 85693"]I'm glad you revived this thread - interesting coins and history. I have just begun looking into these Arab-Byzantine imitations and I have no idea what I am looking at most of the time. But I like what I see. My interest started with a countermark - attribution is based on my vast pool of inexperience: [ATTACH=full]1018680[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1018681[/ATTACH] [B]Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals Arab-Byzantine Imperial Type (c. 680s-700 A.D.) Baalbek (Heliopolis) Mint[/B] Two standing figures, each with cruciform scepter, cross between / Large M; cross (no pellets) inverted crescent below, [H]/Λ/I/OΥ left, H/O/Λ.Є right, [I]ba‘labakk[/I] in exergue (4.18 grams / 18 mm) [B]Attribution Notes:[/B] Album 3513.2; DOCAB 62 var. (all without pellets). [B]Countermark:[/B] A incuse in 5mm circle reverse. Similar to CNG Electronic Auction 282, Lot 414: "A within circular incuse...from the J. S. Wagner Collection" These might be Arab-Byzantine imitations as well - or just Constans II follises with blundered legends. I'm not sure - [ATTACH=full]1018684[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1018685[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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