Ayyubids. Al-Aziz Uthman ibn Yusuf (589-595 AH/1193-1198 AD) AV Dinar. Al-Iskandariya mint, 589 AH = 1193 AD. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, was struck this Dinar in al-Iskandariya in the year 8 and 90 and 500" in outer margin; citing the Abbasid caliph "Abu l-Ábbas al-Nasir li-din Allah, commander of the faithful" in inner margin; "al-Imam/Ahmad" in two lines across field / Kalima and Qur`an 9:33 in outer margin; "alin al-Malik ghaya al-Aziz" in inner margin; "Uthman/ bin Yusuf" in two lines across field.
Album 794; Balog 191; 3.60g, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine. "