Rare Jerash Fals

246, Lot: 522. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (28mm, 9,77 g, 1h). Imitating Justin II. Gerasa (Jerash). Justin II, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, enthroned facing, star between; c/m: “tayyib” (good) in incuse in exergue / Large M; cross above, Γ below, A/N/N/O */X/II across field/OKIN in exergue. APBG Group C, C7a; cf. DOCAB 86; SICA I -; Walker, Arab-Byzantine G.1; Album 98. VF, green patina, cleaning scratches. Rare.