CNG 100, Lot: 484. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, County of Tripoli. Imitation Bezants. 12th-13th centuries. AV Bezant (23mm, 3.23 g, 11h). Imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir. Tripolis (Tripoli) mint. Third phase, after 1187-1260 or later. Kalima in four lines, ali above; annulet and crescent in inner margin; mint formula and AH date in outer margin / Name and titles of al-Mustansir in three lines, ma’ad above; pellet and crescent in inner margin; "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin. Balog & Yvon 7; cf. Metcalf, Crusades, 487 (for type); CCS 4a. VF, lightly toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part II, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 994 (purchased from J. Schulman, 15 March 1922).