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340, Lot: 469. Estimate $150.
Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate (Arab-Byzantine coinage). Circa 670s-690s. Æ Fals (29mm, 11.91 g, 6h). Imitating Justin II and Sophia. Baysan (Scythopolis) mint. CKVΘ-O-ΠOΛHC, imperial couple seated facing, both holding cruciform scepters; cross above / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O to left, Ч/II to right, A below, NIKO in exergue. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash,” INJ 13, A1; Album 3509.1. VF, green surfaces, earthen deposits.