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 a single dot at 12 o'clock on obv. only. Balog/Yvon 8; Metcalf -. 3.86 g, specific gravity 14.1. Very rare variety.
Extremely fine
Bought from Roland Michel, Geneva, at Zürich coin fair, October 1981.