240, Lot: 512. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Follis (16mm, 3.84 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Byzantine-style emperor standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger / Large m; above, retrograde Z’s flanking +; uncertain letters to left, series of dashes in exergue. Cf. SICA 1, 517; Foss, Arab-Byzantine -. VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights.

Similar coins were discovered during the excavation on Lachish.