410, Lot: 455. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. AR Dirham (22.5mm, 2.83 g, 3h). Six-pointed-star type. Halab (Aleppo) mint. Dated AH 585 (AD 1189/90). Balog, Ayyubids 135; Album 788; ICV 892. VF, toned, struck with worn dies.

From the Norman Frank Collection.