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Obolos 14

15 December 2019
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Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  1000 CHF
Lot 681

CRUSADERS. Imitating Ayyubid coinage of Damascus. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.78 g, 9 h), Christiano-Arab Dirham, struck after the Papal Interdict of 1251, Akka (Acre), 1251. Large cross pattée; around, in Arabic, one God, one faith, one baptism; in the outer margins, struck in Acre in the year one thousand two hundred, one and fifty, from the Incarnation. Rev. Within a square frame, in Arabic, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One Divinity; in the outer margins, His is the glory, forever and ever, amen, amen. Bates/Metcalf 55. Malloy 13. Metcalf 227-228 and p.103-104. Schlumberger pl V,28. A rare example of a particularly short-lived issue. Well struck in good silver. Good very fine.



Akre was the main port of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was destroyed in 1291 CE by the Mamluk forces of Saladin.

Online bidding closes: 15 Dec 2019, 21:40:30 CET Current Date & Time: 18 Apr 2024, 12:37:08 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1000 CHF by MailBidder1169 (12 bids)
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