AE Dirham 12.70g. 33mm. AH612 (1215/6 A.D.) Mayyafariqin mint
Prince seated facing, holding globe; legends around; hexagram from undertype visible to r.
Legend citing al-Adil Abu Bakr as overlord within and around trilobe; strong undertype effects
Album 859.1 on 856.2
Mottled green patina.
Moderate roughness from overstriking. Pierced.
The seated-prince type of al-Ashraf Musa was often overstruck upon facing-bust type dirhams of the previous ruler, al-Awhad Ayyub, which features a hexagram still clearly visible on the obverse of this coin.
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