ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-'Aziz I 'Uthman, AH 589-595 / AD 1193-1198. Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 3.64 g), al-Iskandariya, date off flan. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) in the inner margin. Central inscription, ‘al-Imām / Aḥmad’ (‘Imam Ahmad’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘Abu’l-ʿAbbās al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘Abu’l-ʿAbbas al-Nasir li-din Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic); outer margin, ‘bism Allāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Iskandariyya sana …’ (‘In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. This dinar was struck in al-Iskandariya in the year …’ in Arabic). Rev. Central inscription, ‘ʿUthmān / ibn Yūsuf’ (‘Uthman son of Yusuf’ in Arabic); inner margin, to left and right, ‘al-malik / al-ʿAzīz’ (‘King ʿAziz’ in Arabic), above and bottom, ‘ʿāl / ghāya’ (‘Extremely high [quality]’ in Arabic); outer margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic). Album 794. Clipped and with some deposits, otherwise, about very fine.