AYYUBID DYNASTY, SALAH AL-DIN, SILVER DIRHAM, MINT IN HALAB (ALEPPO), DATED 580 AH/1184 AD

Reference: ART3006724

Weight: 3.3, Diameter: 2 cm.
Obverse
Inscription in and besides six pointed star
Al-imam al-Nasir li-Din Allah, Amir al-Mu'manain

Reverse
Inscription in and besides six pointed star
Al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Bin Yusuf

Saladin and his successors struck coins in gold, silver and copper in a variety of styles. The silver dirham shown here has an attractive six-pointed star design which is characteristic of coins struck in Aleppo, in Syria.