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620 Under ‘Abd Al-mAlik, cA. 74-77 h/694-698 Ad. Dinar, uncertain North African mint (Carthage?). NON EST
DEUS NI]SI IPSE SOLOL CIS ET (truncated and garbled version of Non est Deus nisi ipse solus cui socius non
est), crowned and draped facing male busts (Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine), the left bearded, each crown
topped by trefoil ornament (originally crosses) / [...] LM ET OMMINNAV (truncated and garbled version of Deus
dominus noster sapiens magnus eternus omnia noscens), T (truncated cross) on three steps. Wilkes 143. 4,30 g.
ELEKTRON Very rare About Extremely Fine 10.000,--
From a German Private Collection, formed between 1970 and 1990.
Carthage fell to the Arabs in AD 695 and changed hands twice over the next five years before its final destruction around 698. Under the reign
of the Heraclii (610-641) Carthage minted a large number of the characteristic, particularly thick solidi (and their fractions) with facing busts
on the obverse and the cross potent on the reverse. Due to their widespread use in the region, these coins formed the model of the present
coin, of which only a few are known. With a Latinized version of the Islamic Declaration of Faith (the Shahada), which differs slightly from
the „canonical“ form that was later adopted on the coinage of Caliph ‚Abd al-Malik (the legends mean: There is no god but the one who has
no associate) / God, our Wise Lord, the Great, the Eternal, the All-Knowing), it represents a fascinating time in early Islamic history. The
use of Latin instead of Arabic immediately shows the interest of the Arab conquerors in preserving a familiar coinage while at the same time
removing Christian symbolism (both the crosses on obverse and reverse have been mutilated).

ISLAMIC COINS

621 Mixed lot of the Islamic coins from the Seupel collection that were unsold in e-auction 11: Umayyads of Spain,
Almoravids, Post Almoravid Period, Almohads, Tulunids, Ikhshidids, Ayyubids, Buwaihids, Artuqids of Mardin, Zangids
of Aleppo and of Sinjar, Tahirids, Saffarids, Samanids, Salduqids of Erzurum, Rum-Seljuqs and an Abbasid fals. A list
can be requested. 111 pieces Very fine - extremely fine 500,--

LITErATUr ZUr ISLMAMISCHEN NUMISMATIK

622 tiesenhAUsen, W. de. Moneti vostochnavo Khalifata (Coins of the Eastern Caliphate), St. Petersburg 1 73, LVI, 374
S., 4 Tf. Sehr selten, Halbleinen der Zeit II 300,--
Aus der Bibliothek R. Seupel.

623 tornberg, C. J. Numi cufici regii numophylacii Holmiensis, quos omnes in terra Sueciae repertos, Uppsala 1848,
LXXXVIII, 316 S., 14 Tf. I/II Halbleder des. 20. Jhs. mit Goldprägung 100,--
Aus der Bibliothek R. Seupel.

624 troUtovsky, W. Katalog vostochni Monet (Romanzoff Museum), Moskau 1 6, 155 S., 1 Tf.
Selten Etwas stockfleckig, Besitzereintrag von 1889 im Titelblatt, II Kunstleder mit Goldprägung 50,--

Enthält einen wichtigen Bestand an Münzen der Goldenen Horde.

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