CRUSADERS. Crusader Imitations of Islamic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 20 mm, 2.77 g, 6 h), imitating an Ayyubid dirham from Hamah, date illegible. Citing the Ayyubid al-Nasir Yusuf II (AH 634-658 / AD 1236-1259) within a square, ‘al-malik al-Nāṣir / Ṣalāḥ al-Dunyā wa a/l-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Muḥa[mmad]’ (‘King al-Nasir Salah al-Dunya wa al-Din Yusuf son of Muhammad’ in Arabic); mint and date formula in the margin of which only ‘ḍuriba bi Ḥamāh’ (‘Struck in Hamah’ in Arabic) is on flan. Rev. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustaʿsim billah (AH 640-656 / AD 1242-1258) within a square, ‘al-Imām / al-Mustaʿṣim / billāh Abū Aḥmad / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘Imam al-Mustaʿsim billah Abu Ahmad, the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); margin off flan. Album -. Very rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine.