DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI SEPTIMO (WR 228 R2
rare with the full REGINA reading
otherwise with an appealing tone and underlying brilliance
Commemorating his coronation as King of Hungary and Bohemia
Saladin, Dirham, Dimashq, AH 575. DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNIAyyubid, al Nasir Salah al Din Yusuf I, Saladin, (AH 564 589 1169 93 AD), silver Dirham, Dimashq, AH 575, square in circle type, citing the Abbasid caliph al Mustadi as al Imam al Mustadi bi amr Allah, amir al muminin, on the obverse, and naming Saladin, Yusuf b. Ayyub in the upper quadrant, and citing him as al Malik al Nasir Salah al Du nya wa al Din in the centre on the reverse, 3. 00g, 6h (Album 787. 1 [R]). About extremely fine, scarce.