Persian Occupation of Egypt Æ18. Circa AD 620-630. Facing bust crowned with cross; star to left, crescent to right / Cross on globe between I B; AΛЄ[Z] in exergue. Sear 855; DOC 191; MIB 202b; cf. DOCAB p. 94. 6.49g, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Metlich and Schindel have convincingly argued that this issue was struck during the Persian occupation of Egypt (see "Egyptian Copper Coinage in the 7th Century AD: Some Critical Remarks" in ONS Newsletter 179, 2004, pp. 11-15).