112, Lot: 312. Estimate $100. Sold for $167. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Ayyubids. al-Nasir Salah ed-Din Yusuf bin Ayyub (Saladin). 1171-1193 AD. AV Dinar (20mm, 3.95 gm). al-Qahira (Cairo) mint. Dated AH 588 (1192 AD). "al-Imam/Ahmad" in two lines across field; Kalima, "abu'l-Abbas al-Nasir ed-Din Allah commander of the Faithful" in inner margin; "Bismillah er-Rahman er-Rahim struck was this dinar in al-Qahira in the year eight and eighty and five hundred" in outer margin / "Yusuf/bin-Ayyub" in two lines across field; "alin al-Malik ghaya Salah ed-Din" in inner margin; Quran 9:33. Balog 48; Kazan -; Album 785.2. VF, small area of flat strike, flan slightly wavy, slightly clipped. Scarce.