CRUSADERS, Christian Arabic Dirhams. Mid to late 13th century. AR Dirham (21mm, 2.64 g, 11h). [Akka (Acre) mint]. [Dated AD 1251 (in Arabic)]. Near EF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 698.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

Early Medieval, Silver

Estimate: $ 500

BID NOW

CRUSADERS, Christian Arabic Dirhams. Mid to late 13th century. AR Dirham (21mm, 2.64 g, 11h). [Akka (Acre) mint]. [Dated AD 1251 (in Arabic)]. allāh wāhid hu/wa al-īmān/wāhid/al-ma‘mūdiyya wāhid (one God, one faith, one baptism in Arabic) across field; lis above nūn of īmān; all within linear and pelleted quadrate border; marginal Arabic legend: Struck in Acre in the year one thousand two hundred, one and fifty from the incarnation of the Messiah / al-āb wa’l-ibn/wa’l-rīh al-qudus/ilāh wāhid (The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in Arabic) across field; lis above hā’ of ilāh; all within linear and pelleted quadrate border; marginal Arabic legend: ilāh wihid/lahu al-majd/ ilā abad/al-abadīn amīn (One Divinity, His is the glory for ever and ever, amen, amen). Balog & Yvon 47; Metcalf, Crusades –; CCS 17. Iridescent toning, areas of peripheral weakness. Near EF.


The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 127 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 17-18 September 2024. This lot is in Session Three, which will begin 18 September at 9 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.