Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types. Fals (Bronze, 21 mm, 4.35 g, 5 h), imitating a follis of Constans II, uncertain mint, circa AH 24/5-27/8 / AD 645-647. IҺpЄR BCO'S'S' Crowned and draped bust facing, bearded, holding globus cruciger in his right hand. Rev. Large M between A / N / A and II / I; above, cross; below; Γ; in exergue, NEO. Goodwin&Gyselen, p. 48, Class H. H. Pottier, I. Schulze and W. Schulze: 'Pseudo-Byzantine Coinage in Syria under Arab Rule', in: RBN 154 (2008), p. 89. class III.1a. SICA I -. Very rare. Attractive earthen highlights on a dark patina. Very fine.


From a collection of Arab-Byzantine and Crusader coins, formed in the 1990s.