CNG 94, Lot: 1578. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitation Bezants. 11th-12th centuries. AV Bezant (22mm, 3.75 g, 3h). Imitating a dinar of the Ayyubid caliph al-Amir. Acre mint. Second Phase, struck 1148/59-1187. Beginning of caliphal titles in two lines, continuation of name and titles in inner margin; mint formula in outer margin / "'al/ghaya" in two lines across field, Kalima in inner margin, "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin. Balog & Yvon 27c-d; Metcalf, Crusades 119-125; CCS 4. Near EF.

From the Dr. Robert A. Kilmarx Collection. Ex Superior (8 December 1995), lot 1402.