ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types. Fals (Bronze, 23 mm, 4.74 g, 12 h), imitating a EN T૪TO NIKA follis of Constans II, uncertain mint, circa AH 19-39 = AD 641-660. HTO Imperial figure standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. Rev. Large m flanked by O/N and H/Є; above cross; in exergue, traces of legend. H. Pottier, I. Schulze and W. Schulze: 'Pseudo-Byzantine Coinage...', in: RBN 154 (2008), Class IV, groub b. Very fine.

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