Lot 1467

Description

Islamic Dynasties, Egypt, Ayyubid, Al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf 'Saladin' (AH 567-589, AD 1169-1193), gold dinar, 21mm, (5.20 g), Misr (Egypt) mint, dated 577 AH (1179 AD), obv. citing the Abbasid caliph "Abu l-?bbas al-Nasir li-din Allah, commander of the faithful" in inner margin; "al-Imam/Ahmad" in two lines across field, rev. Kalima and Qur`an 9:33 in outer margin; title "`alin al-Malik ghaya Salah al-Din" in inner margin; "Yusuf/bin Ayyub" in two lines across field, (Album 785.2, Balog 37, Wilkes 888). Nearly extremely fine, rough surface, scarce.

Ex Dr. L.J. Sherwin Collection, acquired from Spink and Son, Numismatic Circular, September 1997 (item 4690).