235, Lot: 583. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. 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 (18mm, 4.59 g, 3h). Baalbek (Heliopolis) mint. Two standing imperial figures facing, each holding cruciform scepter; cross between heads / Large M; cross above and "officina" crescent below; divided to either side, HΛIOV-ΠOΛE; in exergue, Arabic Ba'albakk. SICA I, type IV, 584; Goodwin type 2, 15-48 (dies not recorded); Foss 60-2. VF, earthen brown patina.