343, Lot: 663. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Time of Muhammad & the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types. Circa AH 1-55 / AD 622-675. Æ Fals (25mm, 4.79 g, 6h). Pseudo-Byzantine Type E. Uncertain Syrian mint. Struck circa 647-658. Imperial Byzantine figure (Constans II) standing facing, holding cross-tipped staff and globus cruciger; IO(OY)I[...] upward to left; O NIKΔ downward to right / Large m, [star or cross above]; A/N/A and N/Є/O across field; CICAI in exergue. Cf. SICA I, 515 (for type); cf. DOCAB 10 (same); Walker, Arab-Byzantine –; Album 3504. VF, earthen black patina. Overstruck on uncertain undertype. Rare.