Watch List notes:

Ayyubids. Al-Nasir Yusuf I (Saladin), (564-589 AH/1169-1193 AD) AV Dinar. Al-Iskandariya mint, 570 AH = 1186 AD. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, was struck this Dinar in al-Iskandariya in the year 70 and 500" in outer margin; citing the Abbasid caliph al-Mustadi commander of the faithful in inner margin; "Al-Imam/al-Hasan" in two lines across field; Kalima and Qur`an 9:33 in outer margin; title "`alin al-Malik ghaya Salah al-Din" in inner margin; "Yusuf/bin Ayyub" in two lines across field. Album 785.1; 4.46g, 21mm, 1h.


Extremely Fine. Scarce."