Very Rare Dirhem

226, Lot: 595. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. AR Dirhem (22mm, 2.84 g, 12h). Hamah mint. Struck in the name of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustadi. Dated AH 572 (AD 1176/7). Name and titles of Saladin; mint and date in margin / Name and titles of al-Mustadi. Balog, Ayyubids -; Album -; CNG 46, lot 1718 (same dies); ANS inv. no. 1998.91.1 (same dies). VF, toned, areas of flat strike. A very rare date unknown to Balog and unlisted in Album.