Gold dinar struck in the name of Saladin, mint of Al-Iskandariya, AH 581 (=AD 1185)
Gold dinar struck in the name of Saladin, mint of Al-Iskandariya, AH 581 = AD 1185. Obverse: al-Imam/Ahmad in two lines across field; citing the Abbasid caliph "Abu l-Ábbas al-Nasir li-din Allah, commander of the faithful" in inner margin; mint and date formula in outer margin Reverse: "Yusuf/bin Ayyub" in two lines across field; title "`alin al-Malik ghaya Salah al-Din" in inner margin; Kalima and Qur`an IX,33 in outer margin.