394, Lot: 564. Estimate $500. Sold for $1222. 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 (20mm, 4.30 g, 2h). Imperial standing figure type (Type VI). Uncertain mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; ba’d in Arabic down left / Large m surmounted by cross; pseudo-Greek letters to left and right; muhammad in Arabic in exergue. SICA 1, –; DOCAB –; Walker, Arab-Byzantine, –; Album 3523A; ICV –. VF, attractive green patina. Very rare.