CNG 100, Lot: 478. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitation Bezants. 12th-13th centuries. AV Bezant (22mm, 3.85 g, 1h). Imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Amir. Acre mint. Third phase, struck 1187(?)-1260 or later. 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 29; Metcalf, Crusades, 133; CCS 5. VF, traces of deposits in devices.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Hakim Hamidi (Persic Gallery), August 1985.