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ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types. Fals (Bronze, 22 mm, 3.96 g, 7 h), imitating a EN T૪TO NIKA follis of Constans II, uncertain mint, circa 19-39 AH / 641-660 AD. Imperial figure standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in left field, T/૪/T/O downwards; in right field, Λ/K/A. Rev. Large m in center; in left field, blundered legend; in right field blundered NEOS; above, ANA; in exergue, ΔII. Goodwin, Khalili Collection, p. 34, 5 (type E). Attractive earthen highlights. Very fine.
From a collection of Arab-Byzantine and Crusader coins, formed in the 1990s.
The Byzantine EN T૪TO NIKA ('in this [sign] conquer') issues, struck under Constans II in 641-648, commemorated the famous vision of a cross of light, which Constantine the Great allegedly saw in the night before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312.
From a collection of Arab-Byzantine and Crusader coins, formed in the 1990s.
The Byzantine EN T૪TO NIKA ('in this [sign] conquer') issues, struck under Constans II in 641-648, commemorated the famous vision of a cross of light, which Constantine the Great allegedly saw in the night before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312.