Louis IX Saint-Louis

Gold Dinar – Kingdom of Jerusalem – Saint Jean d’Acre – Cross type – NGC AU 55

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Louis IX Saint-Louis

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Gold Dinar – Kingdom of Jerusalem – Saint Jean d’Acre – Cross type – NGC AU 55

12 000

Description:

Coin with bright original luster. Nice golden patina. Superb example.

Period
Louis IX - Saint-Louis
Type
Dinar / Besant
Year
1251-1258
Mint name
Acre
Diameter
20,5 mm
Weight
3,10 g
Metal
Gold
Grading
NGC AU 55
Rarity
Extremely rare, very rare condition
  • Comments :

    Coin certified NGC AU 55. Highest grade. Top population.

    Very scarce and sought after by collectors with historical interest.

    https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6633790-017/55/

    The Latin kings of Jerusalem struck imitative debased gold ‘besanti sarracenati’ modelled on the dinars of the Fatimid caliph al-Amir (1101-1130) from about 1148 until 1250, when they attracted the censure of the papal legate Eudes of Châteauroux, who came to Acre with Louis IX. He found it scandalous that Christians should be striking coins bearing ‘the name of Mohamed and the number of years from his nativity’. The designs were promptly changed with a prominent cross and legends in Arabic proclaiming the Christian faith of the Holy Trinity with dates ‘from the incarnation of the Messiah’, from 1251 to 1258, however, the dates on the outer margins of the coins are usually illegible.

    reference : Duplessy 196, Balog-Yvon, RN (1958)