Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types. AH 15/16-23/4 / AD 637-643. Fals (Bronze, 29 mm, 11.23 g), Arab-Byzantine type, derived from folles of Justin and Sophia from Nicomedia, Scythopolis (Baysan), after AH 20 = AD 641. CKVΘOΠOΛHC (in Greek) Imperial figure, holding globus cruciger in his right hand, and imperial figure, holding cruciform scepter in her right hand, seated facing on double throne. Rev. Large M between A/N/N/O and 'mqsm' (in Kufic); above, cross; below, A; in exergue, NIK. Album 98. DOCAB 83. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 52, 29. Very rare. Cleaning scratches and with minor deposits, otherwise, about very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex St. James Auction 37, 27 June 2016, 201.