Savoca Coins
Online Auction 108 | Silver 31 Jul 2021
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Christian Arabic Dirhams circa AD 1250-1280. Dated AD 1251 (in Arabic). Akka (Acre) mint
Dirham AR
22 mm, 2,83 g
Allāh wāhid hu-wa al-īmān wāhid-al-ma'mūdiyya wāhid (one God, one faith, one baptism in Arabic) across field around central large cross pattée; all within linear and pelleted quadrate border; in outer margin, duriba bi-'Akka-sana alf wa-mi'atayn wa ahad-wa khamsīn li-tajassud (struck in Acre year one thousand and two hundred and one and fifty of the Incarnation in Arabic) / al-āb wa'l-ibn-wa'l-rīh al-qudus-ilāh wāhid (The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: One Divinity in Arabic) across field within linear and pelleted quadrate border; in outer margin, lahu al-majd-ilā abad-al-abadīn-amīn/amīn (His is the glory forever and ever amen in Arabic).
very fine
Balog & Yvon 45a; Schlumberger, pl. V, 31; Metcalf, Crusades 230-1; CCS 15; GNG 112, lot 701.
From the Tareq Hani collection
Ex: G. Joseph George collection, formed early 1960s.
Dirham AR
22 mm, 2,83 g
Allāh wāhid hu-wa al-īmān wāhid-al-ma'mūdiyya wāhid (one God, one faith, one baptism in Arabic) across field around central large cross pattée; all within linear and pelleted quadrate border; in outer margin, duriba bi-'Akka-sana alf wa-mi'atayn wa ahad-wa khamsīn li-tajassud (struck in Acre year one thousand and two hundred and one and fifty of the Incarnation in Arabic) / al-āb wa'l-ibn-wa'l-rīh al-qudus-ilāh wāhid (The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: One Divinity in Arabic) across field within linear and pelleted quadrate border; in outer margin, lahu al-majd-ilā abad-al-abadīn-amīn/amīn (His is the glory forever and ever amen in Arabic).
very fine
Balog & Yvon 45a; Schlumberger, pl. V, 31; Metcalf, Crusades 230-1; CCS 15; GNG 112, lot 701.
From the Tareq Hani collection
Ex: G. Joseph George collection, formed early 1960s.