CRUSADER IMITATIONS OF ARABIC COINS. KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM. Imitative Gold Coinage with the Fineness of 2/3, Mint: Accon. Imitation of a Fatimid dinar of the caliph al-Âmir bi-ahkâmi llâh, 495-524 H./1101-1130 AD. from the mint of Misr, no date, final stage of immobilization with two dots, one above the other, below 'âl-ghâya in obv. centre as indication of fineness, no dots on obv. Balog/Yvon 32; Metcalf 136Var. 3.67 g, specific gravity 14.5. 13th century fabric with a flan hammered out from a square piece of sheet metal into nearly perfect round with even strike. Rare.
Very fine
Bought at Numismata München in March 1995.