209, Lot: 466. Estimate $100. Sold for $235. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (26mm, 9.27 g, 3h). Arab-Byzantine type, imitating Justin II. Scythopolis (Beit She'an) mint. Justin and Sophia, each holding cruciform scepter, seated facing; cross above, star between / Large M; cross above, [A]/NN/O to left, Ч/II to right; A//NIKO. SICA I 594 var. (no star on obv., AИИO on rev.); Walker, Arab-Byzantine 1 var. (no star); Album 98; Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash”, INJ 13, A1-A2 var. (same). Good Fine, green and black patina.