ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin), AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Dirham (Silver, 20 mm, 2.70 g, 7 h), six-pointed star type, Halab, AH 580 = 1184/5. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) within a six-pointed star, ‘al-imām / al-Nāṣir li-dīn / Allāh amīr al-muʾ/minīn’ (‘Imam al-Nasir li-din Allah, Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic)’; around, ‘lā ilāha / illā A/llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a six-pointed star, ‘al-malik / al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ / al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn / Ayyūb’ (‘King al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf son of Ayyub’ in Arabic): around, ‘ḍuriba / bi Ḥalab / sana / thamānīn / wa khamsa / miʾa’ (‘Struck in Halab in the year 580’ in Arabic)’. Album 788. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some marks, otherwise, very fine.