Extremely Rare Accession Issue of ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Byzantine. Imperial Image coinage. Æ Fals (25.9mm, 5.67 g, 6h). Without mint-name (probably struck at Gerasa/Jerash). Undated (probably struck in AH 65 / AD 685). Good Fine, obverse cleaned.
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Islamic Auction 9
Live bidding begins Apr 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM BST
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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Byzantine. Imperial Image coinage. Æ Fals (25.9mm, 5.67 g, 6h). Without mint-name (probably struck at Gerasa/Jerash). Undated (probably struck in AH 65 / AD 685). Modified cross or spear on three steps, flanked by two standing figures, each wearing long robes and Arab headdress, their right hands on their sheathed swords / Large M with cross above and A below; ANNO - NIKO around. Foss p. 61; Amitai-Preiss et al. D11a . Good Fine, obverse cleaned. Extremely rare.
Foss suggests that ‘the type apparently represents the caliph Abd al-Malik and his brother Abd al-Aziz, who were jointly proclaimed as successors to their father Marwan in 684/85. It is probably an accession issue of Abd al-Malik, who assumed supreme power, with his brother recognised as his successor, in April 685.’
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 9 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 24-25 April 2025.
Islamic Auction 9 – Session One – Lots 1–255 will be held Thursday afternoon, 24 April 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM GMT.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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Foss suggests that ‘the type apparently represents the caliph Abd al-Malik and his brother Abd al-Aziz, who were jointly proclaimed as successors to their father Marwan in 684/85. It is probably an accession issue of Abd al-Malik, who assumed supreme power, with his brother recognised as his successor, in April 685.’
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 9 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 24-25 April 2025.
Islamic Auction 9 – Session One – Lots 1–255 will be held Thursday afternoon, 24 April 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM GMT.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
