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Dirham - Anonymous Crusader imitation
| Issuer | Kingdom of Jerusalem |
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| Year | 1251-1252 |
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| Weight | 2.57 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a three-line Arabic religious legend enclosed within a square cartouche formed by ruled lines. The inscription reads a Trinitarian Christian profession of faith in Arabic script, invoking the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as one God. A marginal legend in Arabic runs around the outer border of the coin, containing mint and date information. The overall layout closely imitates contemporary Ayyubid and early Mamluk dirham coinage in style and format, with no figural imagery. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, characteristic of hammered silver coinage of the Latin East. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse follows the standard Ayyubid-style dirham format, featuring a multi-line Arabic legend arranged within a ruled square cartouche set in the central field. The marginal legend in Arabic encircles the central square, carrying additional formulaic text imitating Islamic coinage conventions. The inscriptions are composed in a clear Naskh-style Arabic script typical of mid-thirteenth century Syrian and Palestinian mint production. The flan edges are irregular, consistent with the hammered technique employed. No figural or heraldic devices are present, maintaining the purely epigraphic character of the Islamic prototype being imitated. |
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| Mintage | 648 (1251) - - 649 (1252) - - |
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