290, Lot: 469. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Circa 680s. Æ Fals (19mm, 4.84 g, 1h). “Pseudo-Damascus” mint. Imperial figure standing facing, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus cruciger; star to left; to right, bull standing left, head right / Large m with stars and vertical crescents in arches; above, cross flanked by quatrefoils; H/Λ to left, II/И/Δ(?); XHA in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Goussous 127-8. VF, earthen black patina, reverse slightly double struck.