322, Lot: 669. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (20mm, 5.90 g, 12h). Tartus (Antaradus) mint. Facing imperial Byzantine-style bust, holding cross and globus cruciger; K/A/OΛ/N to left; tayyib to right / ANTAPAΔOY monogram; star to left, crescent to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Byzantine –; DOCAB 80 var. (position of star and crescent reversed); Studies Khalili IV 17 var. (same); Album –. Fine, earthen black-green patina. Apparently a unique variety of a very rare type.