1/2 Dirham - al-Nasir Yusuf - 'al-Nasir Yusuf II' Dimashq

Al-Nasir Yusuf II ruled Aleppo and Damascus during one of the most catastrophically compressed periods in medieval Near Eastern history — the final years before the Mongol destruction of the Abbasid Caliphate in 1258 and the sack of Aleppo itself in 1260. His coinage from Damascus reflects the brief window after 1250 when he exploited Ayyubid fragmentation following the Seventh Crusade's defeat of Louis IX to consolidate control over Syria. The mint at Dimashq was operating under acute political pressure throughout this period.

He was captured by the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut's prelude and executed in 1260.