379, Lot: 425. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitation Bezants. 12th-13th centuries. Pale AV Bezant (23mm, 3.26 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; [pellet below al-mansur in field] / al/ghaya in two lines across field, Kalima in inner margin, "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33) in outer margin. Balog & Yvon 28; cf. Metcalf, Crusades 127 (for type, but of finer style); CCS 5b. Near VF, toned, areas of flat strike.