Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Æ Dirham (27.5mm, 11.29 g, 1h). Unnamed (Mayyafarqin[?]) mint. Dated AH 583 (AD 1215/6). VF.

Electronic Auction 606
Lot: 1030. Estimated: $ 100

Islamic, Bronze

Sold For $ 300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Æ Dirham (27.5mm, 11.29 g, 1h). Unnamed (Mayyafarqin[?]) mint. Dated AH 583 (AD 1215/6). Lion sejant left; star above; two stars below; name and titles of al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf in outer margin / Name and title of Abbasid caliph in four lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type II, 256-7; Balog, Ayyubids 177; Album 791.3; Dow, ACTTB, p. 330 (this coin). Brown patina, roughness. VF.

From the Joseph A. Dow Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 207 (25 March 2009), lot 461; Elsen 96 (14 June 2008), lot 1676.

The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapter “The Birth of Islam.” CNG is pleased to offer coins from the collection of the author here, and in subsequent electronic auctions.

Closing Date and Time: 18 March 2026 at 15:43:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.