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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1480081, member: 9204&quot;]This should be a dinar of the Ayyubid ruler al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf, known as Saladin in the west, struck at the Dimashq (Damascus) mint in AH 583 (AD 1187/8). Balog, <i>Ayyubids</i> 79; Album 785.3. This is an extremely rare coin - the last one to sell was in a Baldwin&#039;s sale in April, where it realized 20,000 pounds.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect it may be a high-quality fake. I would not trust NGC with this type of coin, having seen so many improperly attributed Islamic coins in their plastic. You should contact Steve Album, he can probably comment on the authenticity and, if real, offer a good venue to sell it through: <a href="http://www.stevealbum.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stevealbum.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stevealbum.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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