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AYYUBID: al-Nasir Yusuf I (Saladin), 1169-1193, AV dinar (4.17g), Dimashq, AH583, A-785.3, B-79, Extremely Fine, RR. Since the year AH583 corresponds with his conquest of Jerusalem, this type, the only Ayyubid gold coin struck at Dimashq, is logically regarded as a commemorative of Saladin's conquest. The piece is die-identical on the obverse with the specimen in the Ashmolean Museum that was acquired as a gift from C.J. Chester in 1891 (Balog-79, SICA-881).
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