CRUSADER IMITATIONS OF ARABIC COINS. KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM. Arabic Silver Struck after the Papal Interdict of 1251. Half dirhem (1251 AD), 'Akkâ, in square: al-âb / wa l-ibn, with a V above the letter bâ of al-âb, marginal segments with mint and date, duriba bi-'akkâ - (sanata alf - wa mi'atayn - ahad wa khamsîn?), rev. wa r-rûh / (lily) / al-quds, maginal segments alâh wâhid - . - . - al-abadîn amîn. Balog/Yvon 48; Malloy/Preston/Seltman 18; Slocum coll. 310var. Metcalf 232. 1.28 g. Very rare. One third flattened by weak strike, otherwise
Very fine
Bought from Dr. Paul Rynearson, Malibu CA, April 2007.