Watch List notes:

CRUSADERS, Imitation Dirhams. Mid to late 13th century. AR Dirham (18mm, 2.62 g, 4h). Copying a Damascus mint issue in the name of the Ayyubid al-Salih Isma'il and the 'Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir. Uncertain mint in Levant. Dated [12]5[...] (in Arabic), though possibly struck later. Legend in blundered Arabic citing al-Salih Isma'il; [mint formula] and partial date in outer margin / Legend in blundered Arabic citing al-Mustansir; partial pseudo-mint formula and date in outer margin. Bates Type 5 and 6 ; Metcalf, Crusades 238-9; CCS 9. VF, a bit of spotty toning, areas of flat strike at periphery.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.