343, Lot: 667. Estimate $200. Sold for $2750. 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 (28mm, 10.38 g, 11h). Justin II and Sophia type. Jerash (Gerasa) mint. K(horizontal Є)(horizontal Є)ИAO down left, Justin II and Sophia, each holding cruciform scepter, enthroned facing; star above; c/m: tayyib (good) in incuse in exergue / Large M; cross above, A below; A/И/(HO) to left, */X/III/O to right; IN(retrograde K) in exergue. APBG –; cf. DOCAB 86 (for type); SICA I –; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine G.1 (same); Album 98. VF, black patina with earthen deposits.