CRUSADER IMITATIONS OF ARABIC COINS. KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM. Imitative Gold Coinage of Distinct Style, Mint: Jerusalem. Imitation of a Fatimid dinar of the caliph al-Âmir bi-ahkâmi llâh, 495-524 H./1101-1130 AD. probably from the mint of Misr, no date, generally good style but all circular legends shortened at the ends. Balog/Yvon 27; Metcalf 132 (Shamma coll.).3.52 g, specific gravity 14.8.
Good very fine
Ex W. Leimenstoll coll., acquired in 2011.