Watch List notes:

Crusaders, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Anonymous AV Bezant. Acre mint, 2nd phase, struck 1148/9-1187, imitating a dinar of the Ayyubid caliph al-Amir from the Misr (Cairo) mint, AH 515. "al-Imam/al-Mansur" in two lines across field, "Abu Ali al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah commander of the Faithful" in inner margin; mint and date formula introduced by "basmala" in outer margin / "'al, ghaya" in two lines across field, kalima in inner margin; Qur'an IX, 33 in outer margin. Cf. Balog & Yvon 20; Metcalf, Crusades 119-125; CCS 3. 3.86g, 21mm, 5h.

Good Extremely Fine. Rare.

Acquired from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG.