Saladin, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira, AH 575. perhaps once cleaned on obverse

perhaps once cleaned on obverse

legend surrounds design with beaded border and raised rim

six line inscription with date below

Bridport Mint

Saladin, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira, AH 575. perhaps once cleaned on obverseAyyubid, al Nasir Salah al Din Yusuf I, Saladin, (AH 564 589 1169 93 AD), gold Dinar, al Qahira, AH 575, three marginal inscriptions, and a central inscription in two lines, on both obverse and reverse, naming the Abbasid caliph al Mustadi, as commander of the faithful in the inner obverse marginal legend, and, on the reverse identifying Saladin in two lines at the centre of the reverse as Yusuf ibn Ayyub ["Joseph" son of "Job"], 4. 87g, 12h (Album