Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 27  –  9 - 11 September 2023

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 27

Celtic, Greek, Central Asian, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval, Islamic and Modern ...

Part I: Sa, 09.09.2023, from 12:00 PM CEST
Part II: Su, 10.09.2023, from 12:00 PM CEST
Part III: Mo, 11.09.2023, from 12:00 PM CEST
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Description

CRUSADERS. Crusader Imitations of Islamic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.74 g, 8 h), imitating an Ayyubid dirham, date partially illegible, AH 64[...]. 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 Muḥammad’ (‘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 ‘wa arbaʿīn / wa sitta [miʾa]’ (‘64x’ 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); marginal legend off flan and effaced. Album -. Extremely rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine.

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Starting price 25 CHF
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