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LM42447

Saladin, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira, AH 579.

Regular price £1,500
Regular price Sale price £1,500

Ayyubid, al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I, Saladin, (AH 564-589 / 1169-93 AD), gold Dinar, al-Qahira, AH 579, two marginal inscriptions, and a central inscription in two lines, on both obverse and reverse, naming the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir, as commander of the faithful in the inner obverse marginal legend, and, on the reverse naming Saladin in the inner marginal legend as, 'âdil, al malik, 'âlim, salah al din, and in two lines at the centre, as Yusuf b. Ayyub, ["Joseph" son of "Job"], 3.94g, 6h (A 785.2). Lovely, clear calligraphy, edge-marks, good very fine, in NGC holder without a grade and just called "clipped".

NGC Certification 8559193-002

Provenance:

Baldwin's, Auction 95, 23 September 2015, lot 2513

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