Saladin, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira, AH 579. very fine and a rare

very fine and a rare and interesting die combination not in Schneider

+ROMA CAPVT MVNDI

Queen of the Ethiopians

has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU55+

weak on one part of legend

Saladin, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira, AH 579. very fine and a rareAyyubid, al Nasir Salah al Din Yusuf I, Saladin, (AH 564 589 1169 93 AD), gold Dinar, al Qahira, AH 579, 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, and in two lines at the centre, as Yusuf b.