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ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin), AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Dirham (Bronze, 28 mm, 12.15 g), Mayyafariqin, AH 582-589 = AD1186/7-1193. Lion seated left surrounded by four stars within beaded circle; around circle, name and title of al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf. Rev. Name and titles of the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah. Balog, Ayyubids, 177. Repatinated, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Kölner Münzkabinett 112, 19 October 2019, 466.
Al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf, better known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, which ruled over Egypt and Syria for almost a century. The obverse of this issue likely shows Leo, one of the constellations of the Zodiac.
From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Kölner Münzkabinett 112, 19 October 2019, 466.
Al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf, better known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, which ruled over Egypt and Syria for almost a century. The obverse of this issue likely shows Leo, one of the constellations of the Zodiac.