Jerusalem. Baldwin III until the battle of the Horns of Hattin (1187) and the fall of Jerusalem, during the reign of Guy de Lusignan.. AV Dinar (Saracenic Bezant), possibly second phase, struck 1148/59-1187. Imitating a Fatimid Dinar of al-Amir Abu ʿAli al-Mansur from Mu'izziya al-Qahira mint, dated [5]18 AH

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Jerusalem. Baldwin III until the battle of the Horns of Hattin (1187) and the fall of Jerusalem, during the reign of Guy de Lusignan. AV Dinar (Saracenic Bezant), possibly second phase, struck 1148/59-1187. Imitating a Fatimid Dinar of al-Amir Abu ʿAli al-Mansur from Mu'izziya al-Qahira mint, dated [5]18 AH. Obv. Central inscription ʿāl / ghāya’ in two lines; Pseudo-kufic inscription with Kalima around. Rev. Central inscription, ‘al-imām / al-Manṣūr’ in two lines; Pseudo-kufic inscription with titles around; mint and date formula in outer margin. Cf. BY 25; Cf. Malloy 3; Cf. Schl. pl. V, 19; Cf. Nicol type A, n° 2560. AV. 3.84 g. 21 mm. RRR. About EF. This type was firstly reported by Loewe (Loewe L., Observations on a unique Kufic Gold Coin, London 1849). That is the same type of present coin, struck by different dies, but executed probably by the same engraver and with the same date. Loewe didn't recognize that it was a crusader imitation and attributed it to the Fatimid al-Amir, ascribing to the date of 518 AH, also considering that al-Ma'mun had established a new mint at New Cairo (al-Mu'izziya al-Qahira) in the year AH 516, which operated under al-Amir until the year 524 AH. Malloy classifies this coin as a dinar struck at 'Akka (Acre) in imitation of those of the Fatimid Caliph al-Amir, second phase circa AD 1148-1159.

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