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ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types. Fals (Bronze, 23 mm, 4.07 g, 6 h), imitating a EN T૪TO NIKA follis of Constans II, uncertain mint, circa AH 19-39 / AD 641-660. Imperial figure standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in field to left, I/Є downwards; in field to right, T/I; above, star between waves. Rev. Large m flanked by A/X and N/N/T; in exergue, IIΠI. Goodwin, Khalili Collection, p. 34, 5 (type E). Very fine.
From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 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 the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 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.