Variants
of Crusader imitations of the dirhams of Damascus 1. with the Ayyubid al-Salih Isma'il and the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir |
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Obverse field |
Reverse field |
الملك
الصالح عماد الدنيا و
الدين اسمعيل
بن أبي بكر |
الامام المستنصر بالله
ابو جعفر المنصور
امير
المؤمنين |
al-Malik
al-Salih Imad al-Dunya wa 'l-Din Isma'il b. Abi Bakr |
al-Imam al-Mustansir billah Abu Ja'far al-Mansur Amir al-Mu'minin |
Type |
Margins |
Date/Ref. |
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Obv. margin
Struck in Damascus year one thousand
and two hundred and three and fifty Rev.
margin
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate |
only 1253AD |
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Bates Type
V, pl. I, 17-18 Balog&Yvon 38 Balog 77-82 CCS 9 |
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Obv. margin
Struck in
Damascus year one and forty and six hundred Rev.
margin
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate |
only 641AH |
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Bates Type
VI, pl. I, 19-20 Balog&Yvon 35 Balog 85, 86 CCS 11 |
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Obv. margin
In the name of God, struck in Damascus year ... and forty and six hundred Rev. margin
There is
no god but God alone; none is associated with him; Muhammad is the Messenger
of God |
variants 641- 649AH |
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Bates Type
I, pl. I, 2-8 Balog&Yvon 36, 37 CCS 3 |
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Obv. margin
In the name of God, struck in Damascus year three and forty and six hundred Rev.
margin
There is no god but God, Michael is the Messenger of God |
only 643AH |
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Bates Type
III, pl. I, 12-14 Balog&Yvon 39 CCS 6 |
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V |
Obv. margin
In the name of God, struck in Damascus year eight and thirty and six hundred Rev. margin
There is no god but God alone; none is associated with him; Muhammad
is the Messenger of God |
only 638AH |
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SNAT Palästina 426-431 |
2.
with the Ayyubid al-Nasir Yusuf II
and
the 'Abbasid Caliph al- Musta'sim
Obverse field |
Reverse field |
الملك الناصر صلاح الدين
يوسف الملك
العزيز محمد (بن) |
الإمام المستعصم بالله أبو أحمد أمير
المؤمنين |
al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf (Bin) al-Malik al-'Aziz Muhammad |
al-Imam al-Musta'sim bi-Allah Abu Ahmad Amir al-Mu'minin |
Type |
Margins |
Date/Ref. |
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I |
Obv. margin
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate Rev.
margin
One thousand
two hundred … |
only 12..AD |
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SNAT Palästina 488-491 |
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II |
Obv. margin
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate Rev.
margin
… year five and fifty and six hundred |
only 655AH |
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SNAT Damaskus 908 Nicol A771 |
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