Coins and Historical Medals

AYYUBID, al-Salih Ayyub (637-647h), Dinar, al-Qahira 647h, citing Turanshah as heir, obv: al-malik al-salih / najm al-din ayyub wali / ‘umdat al-mulk al-mu‘azzam / turanshah, 4.83g/10h (Balog –; A 822.2 var.; ICV 918). Very fine and extremely rare, believed to be an unpublished type £2,000-2,600

This is the first recorded coin of al-Salih Ayyub citing Turanshah. Only one dinar of Turanshah as Sultan is known (St James’s Auction 36, 19 April 2016, lot 753)