Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Mamluks. al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars I. AH 658-676 / AD 1260-1277. AR Dirham (20mm, 2.53 g, 5h). al-Quahira (Cairo) mint. Dated AH 66[x] (circa AD 1266-71). Naskh legend: al-Salihi | al-sultan al-[malik] | al-Zahir Rukn al-Dunya wa [al-Din] | Baybars qasim amir al-mu'minin (The good | Sultan, [Prince], | Manifest Pillar of the World and [of the Faith] | Baybars, associate of the Commander of the Faithful); below, lion passant left / Central Naskh legend: la ilah illa Allah | Muhammad rasuluallah | arsalahu bi'l-huda (There is no diety except God | Muhammad is the messenger of God | He sent him with guidance); marginal Naskh legend, counterclockwise from the top: duriba al-Quahira | [sanat ...] | wa sittin | wa sitt mi'at (Struck in Cairo | [year ...] | and sixty | and six-hundred). Cf. Balog, Mamluk 81-5; SICA 6, 1181; Album 883; ICV 960. VF.

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