424, Lot: 590. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. 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, 3.86 g, 6h). “Pseudo-Damascus” type. Uncertain Bilad al-Sham mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Enthroned imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; to left, T surmounted by bird; [...]Є to right / Large m with serpentine ornaments in spaces; cross above; upturned crescent below; II/T to left; (star)/(retrograde K) to right; OMЄ below exergual line. Cf. Milstein 144-7 (for type); cf. SICA 1, 577 (for obv.); cf. DOCAB 57 (for type); cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine, –; Album 3511A; ICV 130. Near VF, earthen green and brown surfaces.