CRUSADER IMITATIONS OF ARABIC COINS. COUNTY OF TRIPOLIS. Third Phase, First Half of the 13th Century. Bezant Tripolaz, immmobilized imitation of a dinar of al-Mustansir billâh, type Nicol I1, as above, but the emission mark consists of dot and crescent on both sides at 12 o'clock. Schlumberger V 18; Blancard 1880, I 3; Balog/Yvon 7. 3.85 g, specific gravity 13.9.
About extremely fine
Bought from Alain Baron, Zürich coin fair, October 1991.