Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AD 638-643. Pseudo-Byzantine type, imitating the types of Constans II. ЄN TOUTO NI[KA], crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, uncertain below, ANO to left, ϚII (RY) to right, uncertain below. For similar obv. legend, cf. Goodwin 7, SICA I 508-16 and Pottier, Schulze, & Schulze Class IV (standing imperial figure types); for general type,
cf. Pottier, Schulze, & Schulze Class III.1A. 4.38g, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very Rare; unpublished in the standard references and seemingly no others on CoinArchives.
From a private British collection.