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Lot 88
Item 204442 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (3.91g), SK (Sijistan), YE20 (frozen). A-1. First Islamic coin, distinguished from the last regular Sasanian issue of the same year by the addition of Arabic bism Allah in ObQ2, VF to EF.
Estimated Value$150 - 200
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Lot 89
Item 207778 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. 'Amir, ca. 661-664, AR drachm (3.31g), DA (Darabjird), AH43. A-6. Clipped down to later standard, VF.
Estimated Value$100 - 120
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Lot 90
Item 207186 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (4.18g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH52. A-8. Lovely strike, rarely found in this quality, choice EF.
Estimated Value$150 - 200
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Lot 91
Item 207188 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (2.26g), NY (probably Nihawand), AH52. A-8. Clipped down to the standard of Tabaristan, rare mint, VF, R.
Estimated Value$100 - 120
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Lot 92
Item 207187 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (4.09g), DA (Darabjird), YE45. A-12. Nice strike, bold VF.
Estimated Value$100 - 120
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Lot 93
Item 204461 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Talha b. 'Abd Allah, fl. 683-685, AR drachm (3.91g), SK (Sijistan), AH66. A-26. With talha lillah instead of bism Allah in ObQ2, characteristic of all issues of this governor, bold VF, R.
Estimated Value$250 - 350
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Lot 94
Item 204462 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (3.89g), KRMAN-BN, AH72. A-28. Mint name tentatively interpreted as Bamm, unpublished date for this mint for 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, VF, R.
Estimated Value$300 - 400
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Lot 95
Item 207957 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Umayya b. Abd Allah, fl. 693-698, AR drachm (2.69g), BBA (the Court mint), AH77. A-29. Clipped down to later standard, VF, RR.
Estimated Value$220 - 300
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Lot 96
Item 207713 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (3.87g), TART (Tawwaj), AH75. A-31. Couple small scratches, lightly discolored, VF, R.
Estimated Value$150 - 200
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Lot 97
Item 204458 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. Umayya, fl. 695-697, AR drachm (3.52g), SK (Sijistan), AH75. A-30. With Arabic al-'izza lillah ("the glory is God's") in ObQ3, and Pahlavi letter M in ObQ4, VF, RR.
Estimated Value$300 - 400
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Lot 98
Item 207779 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. Umayya, fl. 695-697, AR drachm (3.62g), SK (Sijistan), AH77. A-30. Arabic al-'izza lillah ("the glory is God's") in ObQ3, date slightly double-struck, but legible, VF, RR.
Estimated Value$250 - 350
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Lot 99
Item 204460 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra, fl. 698-699, AR drachm (3.87g), SK (Sijistan), AH79. A-37. Finest style, EF, S.
Estimated Value$200 - 280
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Lot 100
Item 204463 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (3.85g), SK (Sijistan), AH84. A-38A. With an additional Pahlavi word or name in ObQ1, tentatively read as tar (with hard T), VF, RR.
Estimated Value$300 - 500.
The only other recorded specimen was sold at Morton & Eden Auction 3, Lot 180.
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Lot 101
Item 204464 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (3.98g), SK (Sijistan), AH84. A-38A. Without any additional words in the obverse or reverse margin, boldly clear date, bold EF, RRR.
Estimated Value$400 - 600.
No specimen of this variety for AH84 has previously been reported.
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Lot 102
Item 204459 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Umara b. Tamim, 703-704, AR drachm (3.86g), SK (Sijistan), AH85. A-C40. Some discoloration in the margins, VF to EF, RRR.
Estimated Value$500 - 700
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Lot 103
Item 204454 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-720, AE pashiz (1.59g), Gyanbud (Qasr-i Abu Nasr). A-43B. Gys-73var. Two juxtaposed facing busts, Pahlavi word APZWT between / three-line Pahlavi text, with the mint name in the second line, star above, choice VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$200 - 300.
Gyselen recorded only one piece, but with the four-line reverse text, in the New York Metropolitan Museum.
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Lot 104
Item 204455 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 700-720, AE pashiz (0.72g), ST (Istakhr), ND. A-A46. Gys-23var. Facing bust, wearing kufiya, without legends left & right / Anahita style facing bust, mint name to right, VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$150 - 200
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Lot 105
Item 204456 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 680-700, AE pashiz (0.73g), NM, ND. A-M41. Khusro style bust right, Arabic baraka to right / standard Sasanian reverse, but with Arabic bism Allah to left & rabbi Allah to right, porous surfaces, VF, R.
Estimated Value$100 - 150
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Lot 106
Item 208370 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: AV imitative tremissis (1.29g), 7th/8th century, stylized facing bust, derived from either Justinian I (527-565) or Mauritius (582-602), with his right hand holding up a cross potent, with pseudo-Greek OCCOA to right / standing figure, facing right, his arms stretched out to the right, meaningless "Greek" legend around, VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$700 - 900.
Reportedly found in Afghanistan, this type was usually produced for ceremonial burial of the deceased, traditionally placed on the forehead of the corpse. The reverse design is conceivably based on the standing caliph design with his hands raised, as found on the reverse of Arab-Sasanian pashiz in the name of al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf (694-713) (Gyselen-78, 79). It could also represent the Christian angel of the Byzantine gold coinage, often facing right on the tremissis denomination, with the wings fashioned as a cloak, and a stylized long cross to the left.
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Lot 107
Item 207956 |
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ARAB-SASANIAN: Glass vessel stamp (17.30g), ca. 680-720. B-9var. Winged horse (al-buraq) pacing toward the left, trace of text above, probably rabbi Allah, of which Allah is clear, light brownish green, some devitrification, Fine, RRR.
Estimated Value$200 - 250.
The winged horse, al-Buraq, also appears on Arab-Sasanian pashiz from Istakhr (Gyselen-22, A-A42) and Darabjird (Gyselen-13, A-45.2). Al-Buraq was the winged horse, often illustrated with a human rather than an equine head, that carried the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem, then back to Mecca.
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Lot 108
Item 204443 |
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TABARISTAN: 'Umar, 771-780, AR ½ drachm (1.92g), Tabaristan, PYE125. A-57. With the patronymic, in Pahlavi to right of the bust, and in Arabic in margin, and with extra outer circle on obverse & reverse, superb strike, About Unc, R.
Estimated Value$220 - 280
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Lot 109
Item 207222 |
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TABARISTAN: 'Umar, 771-780, AR ½ drachm (1.75g), Tabaristan, PYE125. A-57. With governor's name & patronymic in Pahlavi right of bust, and in Arabic in obverse margin, VF, R.
Estimated Value$180 - 220
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Lot 110
Item 204630 |
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TABARISTAN: Yahya (b. Mikhnaq), 779-781, AR ½ drachm (1.94g), Tabaristan, PYE129. A-60. Malek-89. Flame in ObQ1 & ObQ4, minor discoloration, bold VF, RR.
Estimated Value$250 - 350
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Lot 111
Item 204465 |
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EASTERN SISTAN: Anonymous, AR drachm (3.73g), SK (Sijistan), year 67. A-P76. Citing 'abd in the 2nd quadrant of the reverse margin, unpublished and probably unique, VF to EF, RRR.
Estimated Value$500 - 700.
The year 67 is very accurately engraved in the Pahlavi script. By style, it cannot be of the Hijri or Yazdigerd era, but could well be a Post-Yazdigerd date, which would correspond to the Hijri years 99/100. The style is identical to known Eastern Sistan drachms dated AH100-104 (A-77), hence the likeliness that the date is indeed Post-Yazdigerd.
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Lot 112
Item 207837 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 650-680, AE fals (5.44g), year "17". A-3501. Capital M, legible date, meaningless mint symbol below, VF, R.
Estimated Value$100 - 150
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Lot 113
Item 208400 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: "Heraclius & Constantine", AV solidus (4.24g), ca. 652 to the 660s, imitation based on the type II issues of Heraclius, struck 613-629, but likely struck at some time between about 652 and the 660s, based on the style of Sicily (Syracuse) with simple circular borders on both sides; several test dings on obverse, scratches on reverse, probably once in jewelry, VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$750 - 1,000.
This piece was found together with an Aghlabid dinar, a Ptolomaic tetradrachm and a 16th century French écu d'or, sold to a coin dealer in California by an Arab non-numismatist. The mint at Syracuse was opened in 641, the accession year of Constans II, producing gold solidi with the borders of plain circles or circles of tiny dots, unlike any other contemporary Byzantine mint. The Arabs invaded Sicily in 652, failing to capture the territory, but likely to have brought local solidi back to North Africa and Syria. Our suggestion is that this piece was produced unofficially at some point after 652, probably by a local jeweler. The obverse crosses on the crowns have been replaced by groups of three dots each, the central cross by a group of four dots, while the cross potent on the reverse was retailed. The obverse text is completely barbarous, and the reverse text is crude and retrograde, including the very legible retrograde CONOB. There was no official Arab gold coinage at that time in Egypt and Libya, and it seems likely that the coin was produced there, and accepted by local merchants, as suggested by the dings and scratches. There are also numerous contemporary imitations from the Avars in the Balkans, but they are very different and do not have portraits that so closely resemble the original Byzantine images, as do all Arab imitations. However, a similar type, with the same three-dot symbols, was found in the Balkans, allegedly in the region of Ljubljana.
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Lot 114
Item 207242 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Standing Figures, ca. 680-690, AE fals (4.06g), Dimashq, ND. A-3513.1. Capital M, crescent below, muling of a Ba'albakk obverse with a Damascus reverse, Fine to VF, R.
Estimated Value$120 - 160
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Lot 115
Item 207243 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor type, ca. 680-690, AE fals (4.08g), Dimashq, ND. A-3517.3. Greek ΛEO in obverse field, capital M on reverse, Fine to VF, S.
Estimated Value$80 - 100
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Lot 116
Item 207838 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, 685-700, AE fals (2.79g), NM, ND. A-3512B. Foss-89. Religious legend muhammad rasul Allah instead of the mint formula around the capital M, pleasant patina, VF, RR.
Estimated Value$120 - 180
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Lot 117
Item 207836 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 685-700, AE fals (4.48g), Dimashq, ND. A-3512T. Muling of the obverse standard of Tabariya (A-3512) with the relatively common reverse of Dimashq (A-3517.3), choice VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$200 - 300.
Appears to be a muling unpublished in the major sources.
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Lot 118
Item 207839 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Standing Figures, ca. 690, AE fals (2.73g), NM. A-3515. W-Kh.1. SICA1. p.90. Cross-on-steps reverse surrounded by the beginning of the shahada implies that this type was contemporary with the Standing Caliph series, with muhammad rasul Allah between the two figures; the mint remains undetermined, VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$200 - 300
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Lot 119
Item 207276 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, AE fals (3.52g). A-3539. Style of Hims mint, with star left of circle-on-steps, unusual variety with Greek E in right field on obverse, VF, R.
Estimated Value$120 - 160
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Lot 120
Item 207841 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, AE fals (2.69g), Tanukh. A-3531. Citing the caliph 'Abd al-Malik (685-705), unusually nice, well-centered strike for this mint, lovely VF to EF.
Estimated Value$200 - 300
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Lot 121
Item 207241 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, AE fals (1.69g), Manbij, ND. A-3533.1. Without the name of the caliph 'Abd al-Malik, small flan, rare mint in northern Syria, VF.
Estimated Value$150 - 200
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Lot 122
Item 207843 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, AE fals (3.41g), Manbij. A-3533.1. W-102, with khalifat Allah instead of the caliph's name in obverse field, pleasing strike, Fine to VF, R.
Estimated Value$150 - 200
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Lot 123
Item 207844 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, AE fals (3.57g), Qurus. A-3536. In the name of the caliph 'Abd al-Malik (685-705), circle-on-steps reverse, slight weakness on both sides, mostly near the rim, VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$250 - 350.
Qurus is one of the rarest mints for the Standing Caliph coinage, and just as rare for the post-reform Umayyad coppers.
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Lot 124
Item 207780 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, AE fals (2.79g), Qurus. A-3536. In the name of the caliph 'Abd al-Malik (685-705), circle-on-steps reverse, some weakness on both sides, mostly near the rim, Fine to VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$200 - 300.
Qurus is one of the rarest mints for the Standing Caliph coinage, and just as rare for the post-reform Umayyad coppers.
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Lot 125
Item 207842 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, AE fals (2.45g), al-Ruha. A-3538. W-92/93, without the caliph 'Abd al-Malik (685-705), light porosity on both sides, Fine, R.
Estimated Value$100 - 150
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Lot 126
Item 207840 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Caliph, ca. 692-697, AE fals (2.72g), Ba'albakk. A-3541. Citing the caliph 'Abd al-Malik (685-705), mint name faces downward, unusual symbol to right of the circle-on-steps, well-centered, VF.
Estimated Value$100 - 150
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Lot 127
Item 207244 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE:LOT of 3 copper fulus: A-3513.2, two standing figures, Ba'albakk (VF); A-3524, Imperial bust, Hims (VF); and A-3531, standing caliph, Tanukh (F-VF, but much porosity and couple small corrosion spots), retail value $220, lot of 3 pieces.
Estimated Value$120 - 160
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Lot 128
Item 207274 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE:LOT of 22 copper fulus: Arab-Byzantine: Standing Emperor (7 pcs, average VG to Fine); Two Standing Figures (1 pc, VG), and Standing Caliph (9 pcs, including 3 of Halab and 1 of Qinnasrin, mostly VG); Umayyad: Post-reform types: Arminiya (Fair); Dimashq (F-VF); al-Mawsil (VG-F); and without mint name: AH116 (Fine); and Antioch Crusader: Roger of Salerno, MPS-9 (corroded VG), retail value $300, lot of 22 pieces.
Estimated Value$180 - 260
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Lot 129
Item 207273 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE:LOT of 22 copper fulus of the Imperial Bust type, Hims mint, 8 pieces in nice Fine to VF condition, various symbols above around the obverse and above the capital M on reverse, and 14 pieces average grade VG, retail value $600, lot of 22 pieces.
Estimated Value$250 - 450
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Lot 130
Item 207275 |
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ARAB-BYZANTINE:LOT of 12 copper fulus of the Standing Caliph type: Halab (3 pcs), Hims (1), Qinnasrin (4), Sarmin (3), and Tanukh (1), all with clear mint names, average Fine or better, retail value $420, lot of 12 pieces.
Estimated Value$200 - 300
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