Two Very Rare Half Fulus

276, Lot: 500. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Circa 670s-690s. Æ Half Fals (24mm, 3.19 g, 6h). Baysan (Scythopolis) mint. CKV-ΘO, imperial couple seated facing, both holding cruciform scepters and long cross in center / Large K; x above, ANNO to left, ЧII to right, I below. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash,” INJ 13, B1 (same obv. die); Album 3510. VF, earthen green patina. Very rare.