Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2284. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Ayyubids. al-Nasir Salah ed-Din Yusuf bin Ayyub (Saladin). 1171-1193. AR Dirhem (2.76 g, 6h). Hamah mint. Struck in the name of the Abbasid Caliph, al-Mustadi. Dated AH 572 (AD 1177). Name and titles of Saladin; mint and date in outer legend / Name and titles of al-Mustadi . Balog -; Album -; Classical Numismatic Group 46, lot 1717. Good VF, toned, with typical areas of flat strike. A extremely rare date unknown to Balog and unlisted in Album.