Crusader Imitations of Islamic Dirhams. Circa 1251-1291 CE. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.69 g, 7 h), small cross pattée in center, Akka (Acre), 1251. Small cross pattée in center. Field within square, in three lines: Allāh wāḥid huwa / al-īmān wāḥid / al-maʿmūdiyya wāḥida (‘God is one, the faith is one, the baptism is one’ in Arabic; cf. Ephesians 4:5); in margin: ḍuriba [bi-ʿAkkā] / sana alf wa-miʾatayn / wa-aḥad wa-khamsīn / li-tajassud al-Masīḥ (‘Struck at ʿAkkā in the year one thousand two hundred and fifty-one of the Incarnation of the Messiah’ in Arabic). Rev. Field within square, in three lines: al-Ab wa-l-Ibn / wa-l-Rūḥ al-Qudus / ilāh wāḥid (‘The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God’ in Arabic); in margin: lahū al-majd / ilā abad / al-ābidīn / āmīn āmīn (‘His is the glory forever and ever, amen, amen’ in Arabic). Jeselsohn IV 666. Malloy 15 var. (small cross pattée in upper part of the reverse). Metcalf, Crusades 229-231. Very rare and well preserved for this issue. Beautifully toned. Minor areas of weakness and small flan faults on the edge, otherwise, good very fine.