367, Lot: 623. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (19mm, 3.49 g, 6h). Arab-Byzantine Seated Emperor type (Type II). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Emperor enthroned facing, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus cruciger; to left, bird above T; Λ/Є/O to right / Large m; cross above; below, pseudo-Ω with central pellet; X/X/II to left, A/И/O to right; ΔAM in exergue. Cf. SICA I 577 (for type); cf. DOCAB 57 (same); cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine 4-5 (same); Album 3511.1. VF, earthen dark green patina. Very rare.