CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitation Bezants. 12th-13th centuries. Pale AV Bezant (22mm, 3.47 g, 4h). Imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Amir. Acre mint. Third phase, struck 1187(?)-1260 or later. Beginning of caliphal titles in two lines, continuation of name and titles in inner margin; mint formula in outer margin; pellet below al-mansur in field / al/ghaya in two lines across field, Kalima in inner margin, "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin. Balog & Yvon 28; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 127 (for type, but of finer style); CCS 5b. Light toning in devices. VF.
From the William H. Birkinshaw Collection. Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind Estate (Cassical Numismatic Group 102, 18 May 2016) lot 1246 (purchased from Andy Singer); Davissons 17 (26 June 2002), lot 41; Classical Numismatic Review XXIII, 2 (Fall/Winter 1998), no. 88 (part of).