CNG 90, Lot: 1996. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (30mm, 12.20 g, 5h). Imitating Justin II. Baysan (Nysa-Scythopolis) mint. [CK]V[ΘO] ΠOΛHC, Justin II, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, enthroned facing, cross between / Large M; cross above, A below, A/N/N/O down left field, uncertain letters up right; NIKO in exergue. APBQ Group A, A14; DOCAB 82; cf. SICA I 594; Walker, Arab-Byzantine Bel.1; Album 3509.1. Good VF, dark green desert patina.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.