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Electronic Auction 346  11 March 2015
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Lot 574

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 800 USD
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CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitation Bezants. 11th-12th centuries. AV Bezant (22mm, 3.58 g, 8h). Imitating a Misr mint dinar of the Abbasid caliph al-Amir, dated AH 510 (AD 1116/17). Acre mint. Second Phase, struck 1148/59-1187. Beginning of caliphal titles in two lines, continuation of name and titles in inner margin; mint formula in outer margin / 'al/ghaya" in two lines across field, Kalima in inner margin, "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin. Balog & Yvon 27a-f; Metcalf, Crusades 119-125; CCS 4. Good VF."

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