Islamic Coins, Ayyubid, al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (564-589h), gold dinar, Dimashq 583h, with the title sultan al-islam wa'l muslimin, 4.71gms. (A 785.3; Balog 79), fully struck on a broad flan, about extremely fine and extremely rare
This piece is generally regarded as a commemorative issue of Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem in the year 583h (cf note to Album 785.3) (10000 - 12000 GBP)