Ayyubids, Al-Aziz Uthman ibn Yusuf (589-595 AH/1193-1198 AD) AV Dinar. Al-Iskandariya mint, 593 AH = 1196 AD. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, was struck this dinar in al-Qahira in the year 3 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 193. 4.45g, 17mm, 3h.
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