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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 7621524, member: 75482&quot;]The legends are crude but can still be read. At left (obverse) center, <i>al-malik / al-Zahir Ghazi / ibn Yusuf bin / Ayyub</i>; in margin segments, mint and date<i>. </i>At right (reverse) center, <i>al-imam / al-Nasir Ahmad / al-malik al-&#039;Adil / Abu Bakr</i>; in margin, the Kalima.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;the king / al-Zahir Ghazi / son of Yusuf son of / Ayyub // the imam / al-Nasir Ahmad / the king al-&#039;Adil / Abu Bakr&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>al-Nasir Ahmad is the &#039;Abbasid caliph. al-&#039;Adil Abu Bakr is the Ayyubid sultan ruling in Cairo, al-Zahir&#039;s overlord.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint is missing but should be &quot;Halab&quot; (Aleppo). As noted, the Crusader imitations must have been struck elsewhere, likely Tripoli. The date is a head-scratcher.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting coin!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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