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ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). al-Malik al-Salih Isma'il, AH 569-577 / AD 1173-1181. Fals (Bronze, 21 mm, 3.09 g, 11 h), Halab. Diademed Roman style bust to right; around, legend in Kufic bearing the mint-name and the AH date. Rev. 'Lillah / al-Mustadi bi-Amr- / Amir al-Mu'minin / al-Malik al-Salih / Ismai'il' in Kufic in five lines. SICA VI, 845. Spengler & Sayles 76. Deposits, otherwise, very fine.
The head on the obverse was copied from Roman coins of the 4th century.
The head on the obverse was copied from Roman coins of the 4th century.