Nice one! Is mine the same guy as yours? AYYUBID Caliphate - Saladin al-Nasir Salah al Din Yusuf AH564-589 1169-1193 CE AR Dirham RARE mint
Here is my copy of @EWC3 book. About 15 years ago, I bought a small group of 40-50 copper Jitals. Ended up buying the book so I could ID the coins, but I lost interest. The coins are stashed in a box somewhere, and I don't have easy access to them now. I'm sure I paid more for the book than the coins, but that seems to be a recurring theme for me (I once bought a copy of RIC VIII to ID a bunch of low grade/uncleaned LRBs). Oh well maybe someday they will end up on the BST forum if I ever get around to it
Based on the one copy on Amazon.com (1 Used from $1,099.99), your book purchase may have been a good investment