CNG 88, Lot: 1779. Estimate $300. 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 Follis (19mm, 2.69 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine type. Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck circa AD 685-693. Byzantine-style emperor seated facing on throne, wearing crown and holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger; to left, bird standing right on T; Λ/Є/O to right / Large M; above, staurogram set on crescent; A/N/O X/Ч/II across field, Ω below; ΔAMI. SICA I -; DOCAB -; Khalili 19; Walker, Arab-Byzantine 4; Album 100. Good VF, glossy brown patina. Great strike. Rare.

Ex Artemide Aste XXX (9 October 2010), lot 441.