248, Lot: 495. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (31mm, 11.74 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine type, imitating Justin II. Gerasa (Jerash) mint. Justin II and Sophia, each holding cruciform scepter, enthroned facing; cross above / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O Ч/II across field; A(elongated to appear as a diamond)//NIKO. Cf. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash”, INJ 13, C9; SICA 1, -; Album 98; Goodwin 34. VF, earthen dark green patina.