276, Lot: 501. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Circa 670s-690s. Æ Half Fals (18mm, 3.56 g, 8h). Baysan (Scythopolis) mint. Imperial couple seated facing, both holding cruciform scepters and long cross in center / Large K; crescent above,
baysan to left, - to right, x below. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash,”
INJ 13, B3 (same obv. die); Album 3510. Near VF, earthen green patina. Very rare.