ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin), AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 2.76 g, 11 h), citing al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf and the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah, Hamah, AH 585 = AD 1189/90. Cf. Album T788 (for type, known with dates AH 572-575). Balog 119. SNAT IVc, -. Extremely rare. Slightly crystallized, otherwise, very fine.

Al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf, who is today better known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, which ruled over Egypt and Syria for almost a century