333, Lot: 429. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate (Arab-Byzantine coinage). Circa 685-692. Æ Fals (21mm, 3.82 g, 6h). Hims (Emesa) mint. Crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger; K/AΛ/O/N (= “good”) to left, bi-hims to right / Large m; star between annulets above, Є/M/I-C/H/C across, tayyib (= “good”) in exergue. SICA 1, 544 var. (star after bi-hims); Album 3524. VF, black patina under a layer of earthen deposits.