CNG 93, Lot: 1446. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (33mm, 12.16 g, 6h). Imitating Justin II. Baysan (Nysa-Scythopolis) mint. CKVΘO ΠOΛHC, Justin II, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, enthroned facing, cross between / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O to left, “miqsam” (in Arabic) to right, A below; NIKO in exergue. APBQ Group A, A17; DOCAB 83; Album 3509.1. VF, black-green patina with earthen deposits.

Ex Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection (sold previously as the ‘Demarete Collection’).