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Please also see this section Prof. Mehmet Eti's site, Ayyubids on the history and coins of Anatolia.



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al Nasir Salah al-Din Yusef I (Saladin) (1169 - 1193 AD)
AE Dirham
Mitchiner WOI 814; Album 791
29 x 28 mm.
12.48 gm.
Die position=6h
Obverse: Lion left, stars in field; legend around.
Reverse: Legend in four lines; legend around.
Note: Courtesy Louise and Bill Fielder Collection.


al 'Adil Abu Bakr I (1196 - 1218 AD)
AR Half Dirham
Album 806
13 mm.
1.47 gm.
Die position=6h
Obverse:
Obverse:

Branch at Mayyafariqin and Sinjar


[Ayyubid]
AE Dirham
Mint: [___]
AH year: 605 (?)
Album [___]; Edhem 194 (?)
31 mm.
13.22 gm.
Die position=1h
Obverse: Facing bust.
Reverse: Legend in six-pointed star.


[Ayyubid]
AE Dirham
Mint: [___]
AH year: 605 (?)
Album [___]; Edhem 194 (?)
29 x 30 mm.
12.10 gm.
Die position=12h
Obverse: Facing bust.
Reverse: Legend in six-pointed star.


al Awhad Ayyub (1199 - 1210 AD)
AE Dirham
Mitchiner WOI 864; Album 856
28 mm.
9.24 gm.
Die position=5h
Obverse: Facing bust of Amir; legend around.
Reverse: Legend in seven lines, surrounded by solid border and circle of annulets.


al Ashraf Musa (1210 - 1220 AD)
AE Dirham
Album 859 type
28 mm.
11.55 gm.
Die position=3h
Obverse: Facing figure holding globe in right hand.
Obverse: Legend in triangle.


al Ashraf Musa (1210 - 1220 AD)
AE Dirham
Album 859 type
30 mm.
10.60 gm.
Die position=6h
Obverse: Facing figure holding globe in right hand. Pierced.
Obverse: Legend in triangle.


al Ashraf Musa (1210 - 1220 AD)
AE Half Dirham (?)
Album 859 type
25 x 22 mm.
5.70 gm.
Die position=6h
Obverse: Facing figure holding globe in right hand.
Obverse: Four line legend (?).


al Ashraf Musa (1210 - 1220 AD)
AE Half Dirham (?)
Album 859 type
23 mm.
7.05 gm.
Die position=1h
Obverse: Facing figure holding globe in left hand.
Obverse: Four line legend (?).


al Muzaffar Ghazi (1220 - 1242 AD)
AE Dirham
Album 860v.
31 mm.
11.81 gm.
Die position=5h
Obverse: Legend. Over-struck on Album 859.
Obverse: Legend.

Branch at Aleppo


al 'Aziz Muhammad (1216 - 1236 AD)
AE Fals
Album 841 type
21 mm.
3.32 gm.
Die position=1h
Obverse: Legend.
Obverse: Legend.

Branch at Damascus

Branch at Hamah

Branch at Hisn Kayfa (?)


al Adil Sayf al Din Abu Bakr (?)
AE Dirham
Mint: [___]
AH year: [___]
MWOI 864-865 (?); Edhem 192 (?)
31 x 32 mm.
12.19 gm.
Die position=11h
Obverse:
Reverse:


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