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ISLAMIC/Syria; Ayyubid; al-'Adil Sayf ad-Din الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب CE 1196-1218/AH 592-615


AR Dirham; 3.01 g, 20mm, 9h, Damascus mint, c. AH 601/ c. CE 1204-1205

Balog 285 type
Album 803

Festooned double trefoil design obs & rev.

O: Border segment is not visible but should read "duriba/bi-D/imashq/sanna/ahd wa/sittami'yah"
Center: "ad-Din/al-Malik al-'Adil/Abu Bakr bin Ayyub/Sayf"

R: Border segment not visible but should contain the Shahada
Center: "al-Mu'/al-Imam an-Nasir/li-Din Allah Amir/minin"