AE Follis 7.00g. 25mm. al-Jazirah mint
Rectangular counterstamp 'Izz' on Byzantine anonymous follis host.
Byzantine host.
C/M: Lowick MH 13; Album 1955; Host: SB 1853
Dark brown patina. Counterstamp about VF, host Good Fine. Attractive.
Mild porosity, as expected.
This counterstamp is attributed to Izz al-Din, governor of al-Jazirah appointed by Sayf al-Din Ghazi I of al-Mawsil (Mosul). Izz al-Din revolted upon Ghazi's death and took al-Jazirah as independent ruler, a period during which he presumably countermarked circulating coins in his name. This example is struck on a Byzantine follis of Constantine X, 1059-1067 A.D.
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