Bassam Barakat Antiquities

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Umayyad Fals of Baysan (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697.10.20
فلس اسلامي على الطراز البيزنطي من ضروب مدينة بيسان
Imitating Justin II. Baysan (Nysa-Scythopolis) mint.

Obv:[CK]V[ΘO] ΠOΛHC, Justin II, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, enthroned facing, cross between

Rev: Large M; cross above, A below, A/N/N/O down left field, uncertain letters up right; (لله؟)
NIKO in exergue.
Ref: APBQ Group A, A14; DOCAB 82; cf. SICA I 594; Walker, Arab-Byzantine Bel.1; Album 3509.1.