ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types. Fals (Bronze, 21 mm, 3.65 g, 4 h), imitating the EN T૪TO NIKA follis of Constans II, uncertain mint, circa 19-39 AH / 641-660 AD. Imperial figure standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in left field, N/K/Є downwards; in right field, o/K/A/I; above, crescent. Rev. Large m flanked by A/Ч and A/N/o; above, pellet-star-crescent (?); in exergue, mN. Album 3504. DOCAB 11. An attractive example of this usually crude issue. Earthen deposits, otherwise, 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.