216, Lot: 501. Estimate $100. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Follis (28mm, 6.99 g, 6h). Imitating Justin II. Scythopolis (Beit She'an) mint. Two imperial figures enthroned facing, both nimbate and holding crucifom scepter; cross above / Large M; cross above, retrograde date across fields, A below, retrograde NIKO in exergue. Cf. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash”, INJ 13, A5; cf. SICA 1, 594; Album 98. VF, dark green and brown patina under earthen deposits.