brighter in parts with associated surface marks
Paleo-Hebrew legend ('Simon')
small nick on cheek and touch of wear only to high points of hair
Westermark (1992)
Saladin, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira, AH 586. brighter in parts with associatedAyyubid, al Nasir Salah al Din Yusuf I, Saladin, (AH 564 589 1169 93 AD), gold Dinar, al Qahira, AH 586, two marginal inscriptions, and a central inscription in two lines, on both obverse and reverse, naming the Abbasid caliph al Nasir, as commander of the faithful in the inner obverse marginal legend, and, on the reverse naming Saladin in the inner marginal legend as, 'dil, al malik, 'lim, salah al din, with "triskeles" above 'dil and 'lim, and in