CRUSADERS. Crusader Imitations of Islamic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.72 g, 9 h), imitating an Ayyubid dirham, date illegible. Citing the Ayyubid al-Nasir Yusuf II (AH 634-658 / AD 1236-1259) within a square, ‘al-malik al-Nāṣir / Ṣalāḥ al-Dunyā wa a/l-Dīn Yūsuf’ (‘King al-Nasir Salah al-Dunya wa al-Din Yusuf’ in Arabic); marginal legend effaced. Rev. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustaʿsim billah (AH 640-656 / AD 1242-1258) within a square, ‘al-Imām al-Mustaʿṣim / billāh Abū Aḥmad / amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘Imam al-Mustaʿsim billah Abu Ahmad, the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); marginal legend effaced. Album -. Extremely rare with stars within square. Struck slightly off center and with areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine.