Lot 1929
ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Pseudo-Byzantine types. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 2.09 g, 7 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, O; in lower left field, pellet. Rev. Large m in center; around, blundered legend. Goodwin, Khalili Collection, p. 34, 5 (type E). Good 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
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