CNG 100, Lot: 486. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, County of Tripoli. Bohémond IV of Antioch to Bohémond VII. 1187-1287. AV Bezant (22mm, 3.54 g, 12h). Imitating a dinar of the Ayyubid caliph al-Mustansir. Tripolis mint. Third phase, after 1187-1260 or later. Kalima in four lines, ali above; mint formula and AH date in outer margin; ; • T • above ali; + below / Name and titles of al-Mustansir in three lines, ma’ad above; "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin; • B • above ma’ad. Balog & Yvon 14; Metcalf, Crusades, 489; CCS 8. VF, areas of light toning, peripheral weak strike, a couple of minor flan splits.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 1973.