277, Lot: 366. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Circa 670s-690s. Æ Fals (28mm, 8.68 g, 6h). Baysan (Scythopolis) mint. CKVΘ-O-ΠOΛHC, imperial couple seated facing, both holding cruciform scepters; cross above / Large M; cross above, ANNO to left, ЧII to right, A below, NIKO in exergue. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash,” INJ 13, A8; Album 3509.1. Good VF, dark green patina, earthen highlights, a few specks of very early stage of active corrosion on obverse.