Rare Baysan Half Fals

332, Lot: 441. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate (Arab-Byzantine coinage). Circa AD 675-700. Æ Half Fals (17mm, 3.16 g, 10h). Imitating Justin II and Sophia. Baysan (Scythopolis) mint. Emperor and empress seated facing on double throne, each holding scepter / Large K; crescent above, baysan in Arabic to left, – to right, X below. APBQ B3; DOCAB 85; Album 3510 (RR). Near VF, earthen green patina. Rare.