295, Lot: 592. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate (Arab-Byzantine coinage). Circa 670s-690s. Æ Fals (31mm, 11.09 g, 6h). Baysan (Scythopolis) mint. Imperial couple seated facing, both holding cruciform scepters; cross above / Large M; cross above, ANNO to left, unidentified cursive script to right, A below, NIKO in exergue. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash,” INJ 13, A14; DOCAB 82; Album 3509.1. VF, dark green desert patina. Rare.