287, Lot: 523. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate (Arab-Byzantine coinage). Circa 670s-690s. Æ Follis (32mm, 12.42 g, 6h). Scythopolis (Baysan) mint. CKVΘ-O-ΠOΛHC, imperial couple seated facing, both holding cruciform scepters; cross above / Large M; cross above, “date” across field; A//NIKO. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash,” INJ 13, A1; SICA I -; Album 98. VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits.