276, Lot: 499. Estimate $300. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Circa 670s-690s. Æ Fals (29mm, 11.02 g, 9h). Baysan (Scythopolis) mint. CKVΘO-ΠOΛHC, imperial couple seated facing, both holding cruciform scepters; cross above / Large M; cross above, ANNO to left, miqsam to right, A below, NIK in exergue. Amitai-Preiss, Berman, and Qedar, “The Coinage of Scythopolis-Baysan and Gerasa-Jerash,” INJ 13, A17 (same dies); Album 3509.1. Good VF, dark green desert patina. Rare and attractive.

Miqsam means “a part” and underscores the function of the issue as a fractional unit of a higher value coin.