Experts in Coins & Medals

Constantine IV Pogonatus, 668-685. Solidus (Gold, 18.5 mm, 4.17 g, 6 h), Syracuse, Θ = 9th officina, 681-685. d N COS-T-ANSЧ P Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantine IV facing, turned slightly to the right, holding a spear with his right hand and with a shield decorated with a horseman over his left shoulder. Rev. VICTORIA - AVςЧ Θ Cross potent on base and three steps. DOC 59a. MIB 37. SB 1204. Very rare. Obverse struck with a worn die; light marks and slightly clipped, otherwise, good extremely fine.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Dirham (Silver, 28 mm, 2.87 g, 6 h), Wasit, AH 117 = AD 735/6. In the center in three lines: لا اله الا / الله وحده / لا شريك له (There is no god but Allah alone, he has no partners); In the margin: بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بواسط سنة سبع عشرة و مئة (In the name of Allah, this Dirham was struck in Wasit in the year 117). Rev. In the center in four lines: الله أحد الله / الصمد لم يلد و / لم يولد و لم يكن / له كفوا أحد (He is God the One, God the eternal, He begot no one nor was He begotten, and no one is comparable to Him), Qur'an 112:1-4; In the margin: محمد رسول الله أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون (Muhammad is the Messenger of God, he sent him with the guidance and the religion of truth, to show that it is above all religions, however much the idolaters may hate this), part of Qur'an 9:33. SICA Vol. 2, 1036-1042. Extremely fine.