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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 1160

Estimate: 750 USD
Price realized: 550 USD
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CRUSADERS, County of Tripoli. Imitation Bezants. 11th-12th centuries. AV Bezant (22mm, 3.22 g, 8h). Imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir. Tripolis (Tripoli) mint. Third phase, after 1187-1260 or later. Kalima in four lines, ali above; pellet and crescent in inner margin; mint formula and AH date in outer margin / Name and titles of al-Mustansir in three lines, ma'ad above; pellet and crescent in inner margin; "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin. Balog & Yvon 7; Metcalf, Crusades, –, but cf. 487; CCS 4a. Lightly toned, flan crack. Near EF.
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