273, Lot: 501. Estimate $200. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. AD 635/8-696/7. Æ Fals (25mm, 6.28 g, 6h). Scythopolis (Beit She'an) mint. Justin II, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, enthroned facing; cross above / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O to left, N/I/K/O to right, lozenge below, Bysn in exergue. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash,” INJ 13, A18; SICA I -; Album 98. Fine, dark brown patina, earthen deposits. Extremely rare.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.