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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 25218695, member: 4910&quot;]I finally managed to acquire an Egyptian coin issued by Saladin after reading Steven Runciman&#039;s three-volume <i>History of the Crusades</i> twice.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_ayyubid_saladin_dinar_584_cairo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ayyubid Sultanate Dinar, Saladin, Cairo, AH 584 (AD 1188)</p><p>Gold, 21.0 mm, 6.80 gm</p><p>Mint: Cairo (al-Qahira) Egypt</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:</p><p>Ring outer: Quran Surah 9:33: Muhammad is the messenger of Allah</p><p>Ring inner: King Saladin, High Quality</p><p>Center: Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Saladin)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:</p><p>Ring outer: In the name of God this dinar was struck in Cairo in the year 584</p><p>Ring inner: There is no god but Allah, Abu al-Abbas al-Nasir, Defender of the Faith, Commander of the Faithful</p><p>Center: al-Imam Ahmad (Leader Ahmad) (Abu al-Abbas al-Nasir and Ahmad are both names of the Abbasid Caliph)</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was minted in AH 584 (AD 1188-1189), a year after the battle of Hattin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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