Lot 4057

Description

al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin), (A.H. 564-589) (A.D. 1169-1193), silver dirham, Damascus mint, A.H. 581 = A.D. 1185-6, (A.787, M.811, Balog 89 (6 specimens noted), BMC 263), copper dirhams (2), obv. lion to l., A.H. 583 = A.D. 1187-8, Jizira, Mesopotamia mint issue, (A. 791, M.814, BMC 273, Balog 177 (16 specimens noted), another obv. Amir enthroned facing, probably Mayafarikin mint, A.H. 586 = A.D. 1190-1, (A. 791, M.815, BMC 275, Balog 182 (17 specimens noted), copper fals Syrian issue, undated (A.792). Fine to very fine, copper rare. (4)

ex Steve Album private purchase, copper dirhams Sotheby Sept. 26, 1979 (lot 135 part).