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ZANGIDS OF SYRIA: Nur al-Din Mahmud, 1146-1174, AV dinar (4.18g), al-Iskandariya (Alexandria), AH567

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ZANGIDS OF SYRIA: Nur al-Din Mahmud, 1146-1174, AV dinar (4.18g), al-Iskandariya (Alexandria), AH567
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ZANGIDS OF SYRIA: Nur al-Din Mahmud, 1146-1174, AV dinar (4.18g), al-Iskandariya (Alexandria), AH567, A-1849, Ashmolean-854, Balog-4, "bull's eye" design (three concentric margins both sides), citing the caliph al-Hasan (= al-Mustadi) in the obverse center, the Zangid ruler Muhammad b. Zangi in the reverse center, some waviness and minor double-striking, fully legible on both sides, VF to EF, RR, ex Gamal Amer Collection, ex Islamic Coin Auction 14, Lot 220. Actually struck by order of Saladin without his name, who had occupied Egypt in AH567, but continued to recognize his Zangid overlord until 569, the date of Mahmud's death.